MLKP (Marxist Leninist Communist Party) fighter Cudi Fırat who joins the defense of revolution in Shengal, Kobanê and various territories of Rojava, spoke to ANF at the second anniversary of the Kobanê victory.

Cudi Fırat started the conversation with the words he had said the YPG/YPJ fighters that welcomed him when he first came to Kobanê.

"I wanted very much to come to Kobanê. I am in Rojava where human values are defended with self-sacrifice, I am in Kobanê, the fortress of revolution. I am very happy."

Fırat tells that he joined the battle against ISIS in the western range of the Mishtenur Hill and on the southern line of Kobanê. He has the followings to say about those days:

"We fought the ISIS gangs in the lower part of the Mishtenur range. Where we were positioned was the Amargi front. We were only 6 people to defend a large area. Intense attacks were being conducted over this line. The enemy were mainly trying to make the Mishtenur Hill fall. When attacks were intensified further and the enemy made more advance, we had to retreat tactically."

"A CIVIL WAR ATMOSPHERE AND REGIONAL CHAOS WAS CREATED"

Cudi Fırat pointed out that imperialist powers started to implement their policies of chaos in the Middle East step by step by on the excuse of 11 September attacks. He said the process the US imperialism started with the invasion of Afghanistan continued with Libya, Iraq and Syria. He stressed that some countries like the US, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia created a civil war atmosphere and a regional chaos by providing support to radical, Islamist and opposition groups against the fascist Ba'ath regime. Owing to this created chaotic atmosphere, -Fırat said- the imperialist powers wanted to realize their economic and political executions by making the peoples slaughter one other. He noted that the chaotic environment was still in place, causing a change in the balances in the Middle East any moment.

"SOME WANTED TO ANNIHILATE THE ROJAVA REVOLUTION"

MLKP fighter Fırat emphasised that the Kurdish Freedom Movement has managed to get out of this much chaotic environment- that has abruptly changeable balances – with a major gain, and had itself acknowledged as a regional force. Fırat remarked that some international and regional forces and their local collaborators that were uncomfortable with this advancement of the Kurdish Freedom Movement and Rojava Revolution did everything in their power in order to defeat the revolution of the oppressed and to make it fail. It was the Turkish state that made the most effort to choke the Rojava Revolution, he noted.

"The Turkish state was basically uncomfortable about the fact that the canton system in Rojava was an alternative for the oppressed folks and the probability of it becoming an alternative for peoples. This is the reason why the Turkish state wanted to annihilate the Rojava Revolution in the body of Kobanê by supporting gangs like ISIS, Al-Nusra, Sultan Murat Brigade and others."

KOBANÊ; FORTRESS OF GLOBAL STRUGGLE

Cudi Fırat emphasised that the resistance led by YPG/YPJ fighters was the best response to the colonialist and occupant Turkish state that together with ISIS gangs attempted to make Kobanê surrender. He continued:

"A legendary resistance led by YPG/YPJ was developed against the ISIS attacks that began on 15 September, 2014. Giving a struggle of honour against the ISIS attacks, YPG/YPJ fighters made history with an epic resistance that resonated and was greatly admired around the world. This historic resistance made Kobanê the fortress of global resistance and struggle where human dignity and values are defended."

MLKP fighter Fırat continued:

"While there was no glimmer of hope as to whether the resistance would triumph or not, revolutionaries like Arin Mirkan, Paramaz Kızılbaş, Gelhat Gever, Hebûn Derik and Viyan Peyman who confronted death in the streets of Kobanê gathered the whole world around Kobanê with the resistance they mounted.

The unprecedented resistance mounted in Shengal and Kobanê against the ISIS gangs backed by international and regional powers aroused the conscience of humanity in five continents from Afghanistan to Africa, from Europe to Australia and Latin America."

"KOBANÊ VICTORY WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR ISIS GANGS"

According to Fırat, Kobanê victory is the best response given to reactionary dictatorships that have created a bath of blood out of the Middle East for centuries. He remarked that Kobanê, with these values it created, united the world peoples, the oppressed, women, youth and persons from every religion, every faith and every age.

He recalled that the blood of numerous revolutionaries, who created all these human values that heralded the victory of Kobanê and who fought with self-sacrificial commitment and became immortal, coalesced into one in Kobanê where a legendary victory was gained in this way.

Fırat noted that Kobanê victory was not just a defeat for the ISIS, but also the beginning of the end for the ISIS gangs.

“FEELINGS HARD TO EXPRESS”

MLKP fighter Cudi Fırat said it was a quite different feeling for him to be at the same front three years later and to walk again where had walked back then, remarking that those days filled with pain and resistance were still fresh in his memory.

"Three years ago, we were fighting the barbaric gang group ISIS here. There was nobody left here those days. We couldn't walk freely like we do today. Thanks to hundreds of revolutionaries that sacrificed their lives in Kobanê, we can walk freely on these lands today."

"LIBERATION OF KOBANÊ ALSO REVIVED THE NATURE"

Cudi Fırat also expressed his feelings regarding the nature during the battle of Kobanê, saying: "Back then, everywhere was drouthy. Trees were not green like they are now. There was no olive in olive trees. The trees did not blossom or bear fruit during the days of invasion and attack, but they do now. The liberation of Kobanê has also revived the nature."

"CALL TO REVOLUTIONARIES FROM TURKEY AND THE PEOPLES"

Cudi Fırat emphasised that the unity achieved in Rojava Revolution must be ensured for a revolution in Turkey as well, describing it as a crucial need. He vowed that their struggle will continue in order for the spirit of self-sacrifice created in Kobanê to reflect on the struggle for revolution in Turkey.

Fırat pointed out that those refusing to bow to the cruel Dehaks gave a historic battle against ISIS gangs in the lands of Rojava, saying: "The fire lit by Blacksmith Kawa against atrocity and pressure has today become a torch of freedom in the hands of thousands of Kawas across Kurdistan and Turkey today.

We will never forget our comrades that fought against the inhuman executions of the gangs and fell martyr for this cause. We will raise the fire of resistance they lit and the flag of struggle they carried."

MLKP fighter Cudi Fırat called for the enhancement of the comradeship and revolutionary struggle in Rojava and everywhere else."