7 October, the day of the death of Gurbetelli Ersöz, the editor-in-chief of Özgür Gündem Newspaper, a pioneer in the development of the Kurdish women's press and the first woman editor-in-chief in the history of the Turkish press, was declared “Kurdish Women Journalists’ Day’ in 2014.

Kurdistan Women Journalists’ Union (ROJIN) released a statement on this occasion and vowed to continue to walk on the path opened by Gurbetelli Ersöz so that the truth does not die.

“On the day celebrated as Kurdish Women Journalists' Day, we are once again proud to carry this valuable heritage. We commemorate with respect, love and gratitude Gurbetelli Ersöz, the guide of our women's journalism, who set out knowing that protecting the truth means wearing a shirt of fire and requires a heavy price, who did not bow down to the rulers in torture benches and colonial courts. We celebrate 7 October Kurdish Women Journalists' Day,” said the statement by ROJIN, whihch further included the following:

“We once again respectfully commemorate the martyrs of the free press in the person of our journalist friends Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn, who paid the price with their lives to carry the truth to women and society by taking on the legacy of Gurbetelli Ersöz.

Women who claimed Gurbetelli's pen do not compromise on writing the truth against the masculine language of the media. Kurdish women journalists, who do not cower and do pursue the truth despite pressure, detention, arrest, neglection and annihilation policies, open the window of truth to women and society. Therefore, the importance of women journalists is even greater today, when war policies prevail and sexism in the media is at its peak.

Undoubtedly, this legacy is taken from Gurbetelli Ersöz's brave and determined struggle. As ROJIN, knowing that protecting her pen is protecting the truth, we will continue to walk on the path opened by Gurbetelli Ersöz so that the truth does not die.”