Thousands pay tribute to YPG fighter in funeral
DİYARBAKIR (DİHA) - Thousands of people bid farewell to YPG fighter Nejmettin Tekin in his homeland Diyarbakır.
The body of YPG (People's Protection Units) fighter Nejmettin Tekin (nom de guerre Gerilla Sarum) was laid to rest by thousands of people in the main Kurdish city of Diyarbakır.
The YPG fighter had died after a clash with Daesh gangs eastern Kobanê on May 20th. Tekin had been held for 7 years in Siirt E Type Closed Prison and run away when he was allowed for house leave. He had run away and joined YPG. He had 3 children.
A crowd of people consisting of Party of Democratic Regions (DBP) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) executives, HDP Diyarbakır deputy candidates, co-mayors and activists of Peace Mothers Assembly joined the funeral ceremony.
The locals carried the flags of YPG, YPJ, posters of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, YPG fighter Tekin in the march, chanting the slogans of "Long live resistance of YPG/YPJ", and "Martyrs are immortal".
One minute silence was held in memory of all those who lost their lives in the struggle of freedom and democracy, and the locals sung the Kurdish anthem of "Çerxa Şoreşê".
Speaking in the funeral ceremony, MEYA-DER Diyarbakır Co-chair Ayşe Dicle said they would follow the path of their martyrs.
YPG fighter Tekin's elder brother Şafi Tekin said the martyr was of all Kurdish people and Kurdistan.
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