Revolutionary Communars Party/United Freedom Forces (BÖG) Chief Commander Ulaş Bayraktaroğlu lost his life in a clash with ISIS during the Raqqa operation. Bayraktaroğlu had been arrested during the Gezi movement protests in Turkey in May 2013, and released after a period of time in jail.

A written statement by United Freedom Forces said that Revolutionary Communars Party founding leader Ulaş Bayraktaroğlu fell a martyr whilst fighting on the front line in the Raqqa operation, describing him as “a commander that dedicated his life to revolutions in not only Turkey and the Middle East but all around the world and waged a permanent battle in barricades and positions throughout his life against imperialist-capitalist fascism, always aiming victory”.