Gever bids farewell to 3 fighters with 'Kobanê îro xemgîne'
HAKKARİ (DİHA) - Over 30 thousands of people bid farewell to YPJ Commander Songül Kurt, YPG fighters İsmail Dere and Seraceddin Çelik in Yüksekova district. The fighters were laid to rest under the song of "Kobanê îro xemgîne" following a massive march and funeral ceremony.
The body of the YPJ (Women's Protection Units) Commander Songül Kurt (Hêvî Gever Marînos), YPG (People's Protection Units) fighters İsmail Dere (Ciwan Şiyar) and Seraceddin Çelik (Qehreman Gever) were laid to rest by tens of thousands of people in Yüksekova (Gever) district of Hakkari amid extensice police measures and blockade. The fighters lost their lives in the clashes with Daesh gangs in Til Temir and Hesekê cities of Cizîr Canton.
Crowd curse Daesh and Erdoğan
Tens of thousands of people including Party of Democratic Regions (DBP) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) executives, HDP Hakkari deputy candidates, co-mayors and activists of Peace Mothers Assembly joined the funeral ceremony. The massive crowd cursed Daesh barbaric gangs and their supporter President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan along the funeral ceremony.
'Kobanê îro xemgîne'
The flags of YPG, YPJ, KCK, PKK and posters of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and YPG/J fighters were carried in the march towards the cemetery. As the march was going on towards the cemetery, the number of mass increased step by step. Late artist and YPJ fighter Viyan Peyman's "Kobanê îro xemgîne (Kobanê is upset today)" song was sung along the funeral ceremony. Mass of people affected and burst into tears.
Miltary ceremony and respect fire
Members of YDG-H (Patriotic Democratic Youth Movement) held a military ceremony at the martyrdoom and opened respect fire into the air. The crowd frequently chanted "Long live resistance of YPG/YPJ", and "Martyrs are immortal" along the massive march. The coffin was decorated with the flag of TEV-DEM (Democratic Society Movement) and red, green and yellow roses.
One minute silence was held in memory of all those who lost their lives in the struggle of freedom and democracy. The Kurdish national march "Çerxa Şoreşê" was sung. Some members of the families of YPG/J fighters got fainted and hospitalized at the graveyard.
'Your path is our path, your cause is our cause'
Speaking in the funeral ceremony DTK Co-chair and HDP Hakkari Deputy Candidate Selma Irmak said, "Kurdish people is at foot today by virtue of its martyrs. I condole the Leadership and all the Kurdish people. Your path is our path, your cause is our cause. We will continue to walk in the path of our martyrs until the last drop of our blood".
On behalf of the families, YPJ Commander Kurt's father Salih Kurt thanked the participants and condoled the Kurdish people. In the wake of speeches, the funeral ceremony ended amid slogans of "Martyrs do not die".
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