The Press Center of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) has announced the identities of the guerrillas who died on 19 March in a revolutionary operation against the Turkish occupying forces in the western Zap region. The martyrs are Ekin Rodî from Amed and Canşêr Şêrawa from Afrin, the press office in Behdinan confirmed.
According to HPG information, 41 soldiers were killed and various weapons were confiscated or destroyed in the large-scale guerrilla operation against Turkish military camps at Girê Amêdî in South Kurdistan. Ekin Rodî and Canşêr Şêrawa took part in the operation with great determination and taught the Turkish occupying state a lesson of historic proportions. The HPG said: “Our comrades Ekin and Canşêr are concrete examples of the apoistic willingness to sacrifice, the determination, the high performance and the professionalism the effectiveness of the freedom guerrilla of Kurdistan and demonstrated once again the invincibility of the PKK at Newroz.”
The HPG expressed its condolences to the relatives and the Kurdish people, and provided the following information about the identities of the fallen guerrillas:
Nom de Guerre: Ekin Rodî
First and last name: Dilara Ölmez
Place of birth: Amed
Names of mother and father: Nesibe – Hüsamettin
Date and place of death: March 19, 2024 / Zap
Nom de Guerre: Canşêr Şêrawa
First and last name: Kemal Merwan Oso
Place of birth: Afrin
Names of mother and father: Bahar – Merwan
Date and place of death: March 19, 2024 / Zap
Ekin Rodi
Ekin Rodî was born in Amed and grew up in an environment close to the Kurdish liberation movement. Her uncle was in prison, and this circumstance shaped her childhood. When she later studied journalism at Marmara University, she became active in the Kurdish youth movement. In 2014, she joined the guerrillas in Amed.
During Ekin’s stay in the mountains of Amed, the Islamic State attacked Kurdistan. Ekin went to Kobanê and took part in the resistance. She had no military experience and was trained as a fighter during the war. The cooperative relationships between the fighters gave her the strength to withstand this difficult time. She went on the offensive in all battles and recognized that victory was only possible with sacrifice.
The HPG described Ekin Rodî as a staunch supporter of Abdullah Öcalan’s paradigm. She dealt intensively with the ideology of women’s liberation and defended these principles uncompromisingly. At her own persistent suggestion, she later went to the war zone in the Zap and took part in the tunnel resistance against the Turkish occupation. The HPG honors Ekin Rodî as a great militant who went down in Kurdistan’s history as a Newroz casualty.
Canser Sherawa
Canşêr Şêrawa was born and raised in Afrin and knew the PKK as a child. During the Rojava Revolution he became more aware of the content of the freedom movement.
Close relatives of his died in Islamist attacks and Canşêr felt it was his responsibility to defend the gains of the revolution. He became an active cadre in the youth movement. He was injured in an attack during the Turkish invasion in early 2018. After his recovery, he joined the armed resistance.