NEWS CENTER - Greeting the decisions taken at the PKK congress, "As eternal guides, they will live on and be kept alive in our struggle," Abdullah Öcalan said of Ali Haydar Kaytan and Rıza Altun, who lost their lives.
In the final declaration of the 12th Congress of the PKK, which was held upon Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's "Call for Peace and Democratic Society" on 27 February, the PKK announced that two of its leading cadres Ali Haydar Kaytan (Fuat) and Rıza Altun lost their lives. It was stated that Kaytan died on 3 July 2018 and Rıza Altun died on 25 September 2019.
Abdullah Öcalan sent a message about PKK congress, Kaytan and Altun.
Message of Öcalan is as follows:
"Dear Comrades,
It is with great sorrow that I have heard and learnt about the martyrdom of Ali Haydar Kaytan and Rıza Altun.
Provided that I will make comprehensive evaluations on the memory of the comrades later, for now I express my wishes to commemorate them with deep reverence.
Their place in our struggle for national existence and democratic communality is eternal.
They will forever play their role as fundamental inspirational values to the paradigm and institutionalisation of the new era.
As eternal guides, they will live on and be kept alive in our struggle.
On this occasion, I respectfully greet the decisions taken at the historic 12th congress and the messages regarding the upcoming period.
Abdullah ÖCALAN
İmralı / Bursa
12.05.2025"