''Martyr ‘Heval Karker' was an ethnic Albanian whose family were exiled to Sinop, in Turkey, after WW1.
He became a part of the Kurdish Struggle around the Mid 70’s and even shared a cell with the well-known scholar Ismail Besikci, after being arrested in the 1977 Istanbul May Day celebrations, when 34 people were killed by the State snipers. He familiarized himself with the PKK during his imprisonment and became an active member of many Kurdish political groups after his release in 1991.
When ISIS began attacking Kobane in September 2014, Heval Karker gave up all his belongings and even his house in Kocaeli to a Kurdish refugee family from Rojava. He travelled to the Suruc - Kobane border and joined the human solidarity chain to raise awareness of the siege. After 4 days on the border, at the age of 60, Heval Karker managed to cross into Kobane and joined the YPG (People’s Protection Units) to take his place on the front line against ISIS.
Amongst his most valued contributions to the rebuilding efforts in Kobane, there is a library and a museum he
When ISIS began attacking Kobane in September 2014, Heval Karker gave up all his belongings and even his house in Kocaeli to a Kurdish refugee family from Rojava. He travelled to the Suruc - Kobane border and joined the human solidarity chain to raise awareness of the siege. After 4 days on the border, at the age of 60, Heval Karker managed to cross into Kobane and joined the YPG (People’s Protection Units) to take his place on the front line against ISIS.
Amongst his most valued contributions to the rebuilding efforts in Kobane, there is a library and a museum he
he managed to establish
from what he could salvage from the ruins of the war-torn town.
Unfortunately, we lost Heval Karker to an ISIS suicide bomb attack in Kobane on the 25th June 2015. Comrades have vowed to continue Heval Karker’s projects in Kobane and promised to erect a statue of him in front of them all.
Rest in Peace Hero"
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