Many young people continue to join the guerrillas. 25 young Kurds have completed their guerrilla training at the Martyr Erdal School and made a joint statement. The guerrillas spoke of the fact that the Kurdish people are currently dealing with a question of being or not being. They warned young people in particular that the system was trying to “turn them into robots in its service.”
“We don’t want to live in a system that turns people into robots”
The guerrillas continued: “We don’t want to live in a system that turns people into robots. For us there is only one place to live: the mountains of Kurdistan and the freedom movement. On this basis, we joined the guerrillas. As 25 friends, we successfully completed our training dedicated to Martyr Serxwebûn Serhed at the Martyr Erdal School.”
The guerrillas added: “We will continue to engage with the apoist ideology and the knowledge gained in this training. We have experienced military discipline, apoist culture and morale. We will use our findings to wage a battle to defeat the system. We call on the Kurdish, Arab young people, the entire young people of the Middle East to join the ranks of the freedom guerrillas of Kurdistan. Let’s take a stand against this dirty system. Enough is enough!”
The new guerrillas then went to their new areas of responsibility.
In other news, the Press Office of the People’s Defense Forces (HPG) released a statement providing information about the latest actions by the guerrillas and attacks by the Turkish army in the guerrilla-held Medya Defense Zones in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
According to the statement, details of the latest guerrilla actions and Turkish attacks are as follows:
“Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region;
On 12 May at 14:10 and 16:45, the invaders in Girê Amediyê Resistance Area were shot with heavy weapons.
On 12 May at 17:05, a digger belonging to the invaders trying to build a road in Girê Amediyê Resistance Area was targeted with heavy weapons and the digger was destroyed.
On 13 May at 09:40 and 12:45, the invaders in Girê Amediyê Resistance Area were intervened with medium automatic weapons.
Attacks carried out by the occupying Turkish army with banned explosives;
From 20:40 to 22:00 on 13 May, poisonous chemical gases were used 3 times against our tunnels in Girê FM Resistance Area of Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region.
At 16:45 on 12 May and 11:20 on 13 May, our tunnels in Girê Amediyê Resistance Area were bombed 3 times with banned explosives.
Attacks carried out by the occupying Turkish army;
On 13 May, Turkish fighter jets carried out 10 attacks on guerrilla areas, targeting the Lolan area in the Xakurkê region, the Dergelê, Serê Metîna Resistance Area in the Metîna region, and the Girê Bahar Resistance Area in the Şehîd Delîl Western Zap region.