​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​"I owe to my people" phrase became beacon to peoples

Kurds in all parts of Kurdistan remember the martyrs of the July 14^th Resistance in Turkish prisons in the eighties of the last century as a symbol of struggle and resistance against the colonialists of Kurdistan. In conjunction with this anniversary, a number of Hasakah residents confirmed that the July 14^th Resistance was a beacon to the peoples of the region in their struggle against the occupation.

Citizen Hussein Berri remembered the martyrs of the July 14^th Resistance and all the martyrs of the revolution, and said, "The martyrs of the July 14^th Resistance became a basis for building resistance to freedom, and it was a message to the fascist Turkish state which was practicing the most severe violations in prisons, with the aim of obliterating identity and eliminating the Kurdish cause.

Berri added, "The Turkish state has repeatedly tried to eliminate the freedom movement of Kurdistan, and it has been denying the Kurdish people's existence and rights, and the Turkish fascism has continued its brutality and violations inside prisons against detainees, such as fighters (Ali Chichek, Mazloum Dogan, Kemal Bir and Khairy Drumesh)" to break the Kurdish people's will, but the strugglers continued their struggle and did not bow before injustice thanks to their mighty resistance and free philosophy."

Berri recalled the Leader Abdullah Ocalan's saying about the democratic nation, "We are struggling for the oppressed peoples' freedom, and the most vulnerable episode is the Kurdish issue, so we started with the Kurdish people first and for all peoples in the Middle East."

Berri noted that the resistance shown by the strugglers in prisons was a revival of the freedom movement, and contributed to the vigilance of every Kurd and to building a personality with strong will to defend their rights.

Berri pointed to the values of the July 14^th Resistance embodied in the Rojava Revolution and in north and east Syria, "As we see that the most secure, stable and cohesive region is Rojava. The will of the peoples strengthened thanks to the thought and philosophy of Leader Abdullah Ocalan formed a strong ground for the Rojava Revolution."

For his part, citizen Abdel Ghani Shweish stated that the strugglers who resisted inside prisons, and confronted various types of torture did not surrender. They became global strugglers and an example for all oppressed peoples.

Shweish said, "The struggler Mohamed Khairy Drumesh, before his martyrdom, asked to write on his tombstone the saying "I owe to my people," this saying has become a beacon guiding the peoples of the region and the Kurdish people in particular.

He added, "Today we struggle for the people's freedom, and we are inspired by the struggle from the prisons' resistance. That resistance became the beginning of the revolutionary movement in the Middle East."

At the end of his speech, Shweish stressed that the resistance is ongoing to the present time, "and Turkey must know that the August 15^th against the fascist Turkish state was an extension of the resistance of the July 14^th, and that the continued resistance in the Rojava Revolution is an extension of the saying 'resistance is life' that the strugglers launched."

D.H

ANHA