08. Kader Ortakaya

Name Kader Ortakaya Biography Kader Ortakaya, 28, was born to a working class family in the Siverek district of Urfa. She was a woman who started working at a young age, trying to contribute to her family through her work. In order to support the labor movement, in which she was also active, she used …

39. Dilovan Ismat Rasheed

Name Dilovan Ismat Rasheed Biography Dilovan Ismat Rasheed was 25 years old and from the village of Gilbera, Rojava, Northern Syria Place Salqin area in Idlib countryside, Western Syria Date 9/7/2018 Description She lost her life as a result of bullets fired by Turkish border guards while trying to cross the border with her two …

21. Amina Weissi

NameAmina Weissi BiographyAmina Muhammad Weissi was born in 1965 from the village of Helanj in the city of Kobani. She is a mother of five children. She took part in all activities of the women’s movement and devoted all her energy to the revolution. PlaceHelanj village in Kobane, Rojava, Northern Syria Date23/6/2020 DescriptionOn June 23, …

27. Sonya Semal

Biography4 years old Placevillage of Bolê Kortek Ranya Road, Northern Iraq Date21. August 2011 DescriptionAfter the attacks started on 17. August on the 5th day the fight jets of the turkish army targeted a vehicle near the village of Bolê. 7 civilians, 4 of them children were murdered. After the attack the turkish state denied …

74. Sultanah Nasiru

Name Sultanah Nasiru Biography from the village of Brad, in the Sherawa district in Afrin, Rojava, Northern Syria Place Afrin, Rojava, Northern Syria Date 7/8/2018 Description Sultanah Nasiru lost her life due to serious injuries on the head by the leader of the Hamzat Division called Abu Ali Hayyani.

09. Baby Solin

Biography7 months old Placevillage of Bolê Kortek Ranya Road, Northern Iraq Date21. August 2011 DescriptionAfter the attacks started on 17. August on the 5th day the fight jets of the turkish army targeted a vehicle near the village of Bolê. 7 civilians, 4 of them children were murdered. After the attack the turkish state denied …

07. Taybet Inan

Biography The 57-year-old Taybet Inan was a mother of 11 children. She lived in the district of Silopi in Sirnak. Place Silopi/Sirnak, Southeastern Turkey Date 19. December 2015 Description A curfew was imposed in the Silopi district of Sirnak on 14 December 2015. On the fifth day of the curfew, 57-year-old Taybet Inan was shot …

50. Sisters Jamila Musa and Khadija Musa

BiographyJamila, 35, and Khadija, 48, are residents of Ras al-Ain PlaceRas Al Ain, Rojava, Northern Syria Date1/24/2020 DescriptionJamila and Khadija lost their lives as a result of being shot by a member of the armed factions during the military operation on Ras al-Ain.Their brother said about their murder: „I was displaced from the village, I …

18. Sêvê Demir

BiographySêvê Demir was born in 1974 in the village called Sute from the district of Savur in Mardin, Southeastern Turkey. She had to emigrate to Manisa, Turkey, in the 90s due to the intensified repression of the state. Here she worked as an agricultural worker in fields for cotton, pepper, tomatoes and grapes. Later, Sêvê …

84. Selamet Yesilmen

BiographyThe 44-year-old Selamet Yesilmen was a mother of five children and lived in the Nusaybin district of Mardin. PlaceMardin/Nusaybin, Southeastern Turkey Date6. November 2015 DescriptionSelamet Yeşilmen was murdered in front of her house in the Nusaybin district of Mardin, where curfew and clashes took place on November 6, 2015. According to the preliminary autopsy report …