On 27 November, the 45th anniversary of the PKK, 15 young women announced their participation in the freedom struggle and called on young people to join the ranks of the guerrillas.

Making a statement in the guerrilla areas, the young women said, "First of all, we congratulate 27 November to Leader Apo (Abdullah Öcalan), our martyrs and all the people of Kurdistan. The anniversary of the founding of the PKK is a great victory. The reality of the PKK is the reality of free women. Leader Apo said, 'PKK is an endless novel, a folk song, a poem'. We also say, 'The PKK is the love and will of young women. As 15 young women, we celebrate this historic day by joining the ranks of free guerrillas."

The young women celebrated the anniversary of the founding of the PKK in the mountains of Kurdistan in camouflage, and unfurled PKK flags and posters of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.

The statement by the young women continued as follows:

"All the values of the PKK were founded by our great martyrs, Martyr Haki Karer, Martyr Beritan, Martyr Zilan, Martyr Sara and Martyr Delal Amed. And today these values are protected by our pioneering martyrs such as Martyr Vejin Jiyan. We promise to protect these values by joining the guerrilla ranks.

Our party PKK is entering its 46th year. 45 years of uninterrupted revolutionary struggle... Many prices have been paid in the past 45 years. Last year the enemy wanted to attack the Kurdish freedom struggle from all sides. Of course, this is an indication that they are exhausted, so the fascist Turkish state attacked our comrades in the mountains with chemical weapons. We will never forget the scenes of Baz Mordem and Helbest Koçerin.

Finally, they cowardly attacked our young women friends like Martyr Vejin Jiyan.

The 27 November spark was the result of the Apoist spirit of the youth. For this reason, young people, especially young women, are increasingly becoming the target of the enemy. The enemy cannot tolerate the fact that we, as young women, fight for our freedom and grow stronger with the philosophy of the Leader.

However, we never compromise our Apoist line. Guerrillas in the Medya Defence Zones are giving historic answers to the enemy. Martyr Sara and Martyr Rûken carried out a sacrificial action against the occupying Turkish soldiers in the centre of Mersin. This action by two comrades continues to surprise the enemy even today. After the attack on Martyr Vejin Jiyan, dozens of young women joined the guerrilla ranks. The occupiers will never achieve their goal because we are the PKK, we are the Apoists.

As young women, we can mark such a historic day only by joining the guerrilla ranks. That is why we join the guerrilla resistance. The enemy should know that the more they attack our people, our comrades, the more decisively we, as Kurdish young women, will join the ranks of the PKK. When one resurrection martyr leaves, hundreds of resurrections are born. For this reason, everyone should be proud of the PKK.

Finally, we call on all Kurdish young women to join the ranks of freedom. Kurdish youth cannot celebrate such a historic day in a different way. Only by joining the guerrilla ranks can we celebrate this historic day with pride. Let the enemy know that we will further strengthen the spark of 27 November."