A memorial was organised in Saarbrücken to commemorate Ismet Ismail and his 7 friends who fell martyr on 7 July 2018 in Afrin.

Dexil Ibrahim, co-chair of the Kurdistan Democratic Society Center, made a speech at the memorial. "Our martyrs - he said - are sending us a message, ‘I give my life and you have to carry on the struggle from where we left it’. So they leave us a legacy. We, as a requirement of loyalty to the martyrs, we need to continue their struggle."

Ferhat Ismail, the nephew of Martyr Ismail, said: "Our martyr is a martyr of the Kurdish people. Martyr Rızgar took part in the struggle for 21 years. He is the martyr of his people."

Martyr Rizgar Derik's sister, Jiyan Ismail, said that her brother Ismail was affected by the conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, and had decided that the best stance against this conspiracy was to join the struggle for the freedom of Kurdistan. Martyr Rızgar Derik is a martyr of all Kurdistan."

Ekrem Yavuz, speaking on behalf of the families of martyrs, said: "We are continuing this struggle with the power we received from Şêx Said, Seyit Rıza and President Apo. We are fighting against NATO's vindictive power. Let the enemy know that our martyrs shades light on our way. To be worthy of martyrs is to embrace the struggle with fulll hands."