To the press and the public!
In times when a nation needs independence and freedom the most, there are national heroes who emerge from its bosom.
The people's heroes stand up for the freedom of their people and play a historic role with their extraordinary courage, determination, resolve and leadership. Under the leadership of these heroes, the high consciousness, deep spirituality, fighting power and identity of this people are formed. In the course of its thousand-year history, the Kurdish people have also produced countless heroes who have played a role at local and national level and have written themselves into history with their epic resistance. These folk heroes have become engraved in the memory of the Kurdish people and have travelled from mouth to mouth via dengbêj (folk songs to keep kurdisch memory and history), klam (songs) and çîrok (stories).
On Newroz, the day of resistance and new beginnings for the Kurdish people, Rêber Apo made a historic execution. The historical emergence of Rêber Apo in the 20th century and the apoist fighters who joined the apoist ideology with consciousness and faith initiated the process of contemporary national heroism of the Kurdish people. This process took shape with the PKK, which fought continuously for half a century and produced very courageous and self-sacrificing fighters who were not afraid of anything. In the course of this historic process, thousands of brave national heroes who sacrificed themselves without hesitation for the independence, liberation, protection and freedom of our people have written their names in history. We salute Rêber Apo, the greatest hero of our struggle, with longing, love and respect. He initiated all these developments with his historic appeal, he resisted the torture system of Imrali for 27 years with an unprecedented will and he still leads our movement today.
The Kurdish people celebrate the week between 21 March, the day of the heroic action of comrade Mazlum Doğan, the contemporary Kawa, in the dungeon of Amed, and 28 March, the day of the martyrdom of comrade Mahsum Korkmaz (Egîd), the legendary commander of the Kurdish people, as a week of national heroism. The attitude of comrade Mazlum Doğan, the leading cadre of our party PKK, in the dungeon of Amed determined the spirit of resistance and the course of the PKK. Comrade Egîd brought this spirit and this way to the mountains of Kurdistan and started the guerrilla and sacrificial style of war.
We commemorate our beloved martyrs in the person of our national people's heroes, comrades Mazlum and Egîd, with the deepest devotion and respect. On this basis, we celebrate the week of national heroism of the patriotic Kurdish people and all our comrades who resist in all areas. Comrades Mazlum and Egîd, as the strongest and noblest personalities who embodied Apoism, have become the symbol, spirit, lineage, valour and national folk heroes of Kurdish freedom history. The commander and comrade Egîd led the glorious movement of 15 August with his sincere devotion to Rêber Apo, his profound deepening of Apoism, his passionate attachment to the guerrillas and his belief in victory. Comrade Egîd became a great commander and popular leader who embodied the will and valour of the Kurdish people in his personality. With his path and practice in the mountains of Kurdistan, he turned the guerrilla into a line and led our revolutionary people's war. Comrade Egîd's courageous march led to the spread of guerrillas throughout Kurdistan and a relentless struggle against colonialism.
Our guerrilla struggle began with the first bullet from the gun of the commander and comrade Egîd. Today, this battle is being waged by a sacrificial apoist army. The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, which is leading our revolutionary people's war, has proven that it is an invincible force. They have been gathering experience with the sacrifice of martyrs for 41 years. They are putting up a historic resistance and achieving great things. Based on their historical experience, they carry out tactical moves with an apoistic spirit of sacrifice, in the air, on the ground and underground. Based on this, they have developed a style of expert warfare. Their war doctrine has been clarified, techniques of the time associated with artificial intelligence are being applied. The training, performance, mastery and creativity it has achieved in its realisation have taken the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla to a very important level.
The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, which is completely fixated on the physical freedom of Rêber Apo, will manage to accomplish its tasks of protecting the existence and legitimate defence of our people as it has done so far. We promise that with the awareness, spirit, faith, determination and experience we have received from our national heroes, we will continue to expand our struggle and be worthy of their memory. On this basis, we once again congratulate our patriotic people and our comrades on Heroism Week. We wish them success in their fight for freedom in all areas.
27 March 27, 2025
HEADQUARTERS OF THE NATIONAL DEFENCE CENTRE