#title Şehîd Şevger Makhno — Fallen in the defence of Afrin
#author Tekoşîna Anarşîst
#LISTtitle Şehîd Şevger Makhno — Fallen in the defence of Afrin
#SORTauthors Tekoşîna Anarşîst
#SORTtopics Tekoşîna Anarşîst, obituary
#date March 21, 2018
#source Retrieved on 2020-04-13 from [[https://twitter.com/TA_Anarsist/status/1102663800392687621/][twitter.com]]
#lang en
#pubdate 2020-04-13T06:03:00
Our anarchist comrade and friend Şevger Makhno arrived in Rojava on 20 January 2018 to take part
in the revolution. Only the day before the army of the Turkish state and its jihadist proxies had begun
the invasion of the autonomous region of Afrin, an area which had remained at peace throughout seven
years of war and had become both a cradle for the Rojava revolution and a safe haven for hundred
thousands of refugees from all over Syria. While the AKP and its allies ever more violently pushed
Turkey towards fascism and the military brutally smashed the insurrection in North Kurdistan in the
spring of 2016, Rojava and especially Afrin became a beacon of hope and resistance for all those who
defied Erdogan’s regime.
Comrade Sevger was from Turkey himself, he passionately wanted to join the resistance at the
frontlines. He received basic military training in the canton of Cizîre and on 19 February arrived in
Afrin, where he immediately took part in the ongoing defence. As part of the Anti-Fascist Forces in
Afrin (AFFA), a unit of internationalist revolutionaries within the YPG, he faced the invaders in the
vicinity of Raco in the northwest of Afrin.
On the 4th March comrade Şevger had taken position on a hill outside the the village of Berbêne ready
to defend it against the advancing fascists. It was there that around 8AM he and two other YPG
comrades were hit by an airstrike. All three of them lost their lives.
In accordance with the wishes of his family his picture and legal identity will not be published, in order
to protect the people close to him from repression.
We mourn the loss of our comrade and extend our condolences to all his friends, family and everyone
who had the fortune to share their lives with this great and inspiring person. The people of Rojava and
northern Syria and all those who are fighting for freedom and an end to oppression in the Middle East
and beyond will never forget him. We know that he will live on that as long as his love and passion
continue to thrive in our hearts.
*Şehîd namirin!*
Rojava, 21st March 2018