K. Star commemorates anniversary of Bêrîtan’s martyrdom in Qamishlo

The Kongra Star revived the 34th anniversary of the martyrdom of the leader Bêrîtan (Gulnaz Karataş), during a meeting it organized in the Qadour Bek neighborhood of Qamishlo, attended by the neighborhood's residents, as part of a three-day commemoration program covering a number of neighborhoods, villages, and towns.

The meeting began with a minute of silence in reverence for the souls of the martyrs, followed by a speech by Kongra Star member Mezkin Jotkar, in which she reviewed stages of the life of the martyr Bêrîtan and affirmed that she is a model of sacrifice and struggle for freedom, and that her resistance expressed the rejection of the massacres to which the Kurds were subjected, including the Kalli Zilan massacre, and adherence to dignity and refusal to submit.

She stressed the importance of adhering to the path of the martyrs and preserving their achievements.

She also addressed the conspiracies targeting the Kurdish people and stressed the necessity of strengthening organization and popular solidarity and understanding the requirements of the stage in order to work for the recognition of their rights and the preservation of the achievements realized thanks to the sacrifices of the martyrs, warning against being drawn into incitement through virtual social media platforms.

The ceremony included a musical segment presented by the young woman Bêrîtan Muhammad, along with the distribution of sweets that the martyr Bêrîtan used to prefer to the attendees, in fidelity to her memory.

According to the Kongra Star program, the day's events included the Joudi and Qadour Bek neighborhoods, and will continue tomorrow, Wednesday, in the Antariya, Gharbi, and Hilaliya neighborhoods and the village of Karbawi, and will conclude on Thursday in the Corniche and Assyrian neighborhoods and the town of Tanuriya.

The leader of the HPG, Bêrîtan, was martyred on October 25, 1992, in the Khakurki mountains of southern Kurdistan.

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