After we have brought out the personality of Zîlan, the old masculinity has died. – Rêber Apo On the 30th July 1996 Şehîd Zîlan (Zeynep Kinaci) made her selfsacrifizing action in Dersim. She joined the Guerilla in 1995 and as an result of an attempt to assasinate on Rêber Apo on 6th May 1996 in […]
Goddess of Freedom – Zîlan Read More »
“The enemy wages a total war against us. Our answer must be total resistance in the struggle for our freedom.” My name is Zeynep Kinaci. I was born in Malatya in 1972. My family comes from the village of Elmali. We belong to the Mamureki tribe. I studied tourism and psychology at Inonu university in
Letter from Şehîd Zilan (Zeynep Kinaci) Read More »
“Language is the expression of our common culture, our thoughts and our feelings. When thoughts become words and leave our bodies, we initiate change. The order of words, the melody and the emotions hidden in them are secret codes that tell us the history of the people. Languages are keys to our history, to the
Language – A short text by Şehîd Xelil Dag Read More »
The Kurdish revolutionaries Şirîn Elemhuli, Ferzad Kemanger, Ferhad Wekîlî, Elî Heyderiyan and Mehdi İslamyan were executed by the Iranian regime in the Evin Prison in Tehran on 9 May, 2010. They became a symbol of resistance against the Iranian regime, against its politics of feminicide and assimilation and oppression against Kurds, Baloch, Ahwaz and all
For the remembrance of the “Şehîds of the Gallows” Read More »
Today, on the 22nd of December, we commemorate the internationalist revolutionary and fighter Emîr Qubadî, (nom de guerre: Rojvan Kobanê) a Persian youth that came to Kobanê to fight against ISIS for peace and freedom in the Middle East. He fell Şehîd while rescuing an injured friend in the battle of gaining the Culture and
I met Elefteria in 2018. From the first moment until the last time I saw her, she was always determined to fight and never doubted it for a moment. Elefteria the German anarchist who spoke a lot about her time in the Hambi and the struggle to protect the forests and nature. She was deeply
My memories of Şehîd Elefteria Read More »
A few days ago we received the message that a German friend had fallen in the mountains. The identity of the friend who fought to the last breath during a guerrilla action against advancing Turkish troops in Xakurke (mountain massif in southern Kurdistan) was published: Azad Şerger, real name Thomas Joham Spries. When we read
Butterflies & the fire: Internationalist guerrillas fallen in the mountains of Kurdistan Read More »
