Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Party Assembly member Sêvê Demir, Free Women’s Congress (KJA) member Fatma Uyar, and Co-Chair of the Silopiya People’s Assembly Pakize Nayır were killed on 4 January 2016, while traveling from the Karşıyaka to the Ofis neighborhood in Silopi.
In its written statement, the DBP Women’s Assembly said: “Our Party Assembly member Sêvê Demir, Silopi People’s Assembly Co-Chair Pakize Nayır, and Free Women’s Congress (KJA) member Fatma Uyar are three resilient women who have taken their place in the memory and line of resistance of the Kurdish women’s struggle. On the 10th anniversary of their killing, we commemorate them with respect, gratitude, and longing.”
The statement continued: “They were killed on 4 January 2016, while moving from the Karşıyaka to the Ofis neighborhood during a period when a curfew declared on 14 December 2015, was still in effect in the Silopi district of Şirnak. 10 years have passed since those killings, yet, neither justice has been served nor the truth revealed. However, even though their struggle was meant to be left in darkness, it continues to live on in memories, in the streets, and in our women’s march for freedom.
Today, Sêvê’s steadfast will, Pakize’s strong bond with the people, and Fatma’s struggle woven with labor and sacrifice continue to illuminate the path of the Kurdish women’s movement. They are not merely three names; they are the embodiment of the demand for equality, freedom, and peace. On the 10th anniversary of their killing, we once again commemorate our three women comrades with respect, gratitude, and longing, and we reaffirm our promise to uphold the legacy of struggle they left behind and to never abandon the search for truth and justice.”