In the spring of his life, he had grown up in a nameless country, among the bloody pages of history.
One side of him had been subjected to concretization; the other side was the mountain freedom fighters who wrote epics with their weapons, born from the ashes of fire. Where all hopes were lost, on mountains no one could climb, they had become a Mauser against fierce storms, a cry against avalanches. Carrying all the burdens of a helpless people on their backs, they had walked with great determination along those high and unreachable paths, without regard for night or day.
A guerrilla had passed through the steep paths, through the high mountains that gave no passage. A fighter had passed, wounded, weary, and determined. On the high plateaus of Serhed, the children of the sun ran and played from the first light of morning until sunset, barefoot, paying no mind to stones and thorns, with great excitement. In the secluded high villages of Çaldıran, Semih Salhan too, like all Kurdish children, had run barefoot and thrown himself eagerly into life.
He Did Not Bow To The System's Policies Of Denial And Annihilation
Semih Salhan, who opened his eyes to the world in a family attached to its land and to the values of culture and identity, had questioned from childhood the contradictory life in which he found himself. Because his family was patriotic, he saw the system's policies of denial at an early age. To understand these contradictions better and to reveal the reality of the Kurdish people, Semih, like every patriotic Kurdish youth, began searching. In each search he learned new things and became more conscious. With his curiosity and desire for freedom, he soon came to know the freedom movement more closely. He was curious about the life and aims of the mountain revolutionaries. During his university years he saw the enemy's divisive policies more closely, became aware of them, and never fell for the enemy's deceptive traps. Conscious of his own existence, he prepared himself against every obstacle that might stand before him and made the decision for a free life.
With The Patriotic Wind Of Serhed He Blows Toward Those Mountains, Monuments Of Beauty
During his university years, he took part for a short time in youth work and made important contributions to Kurdish culture and art. But he did not find this sufficient; on one side the isolation imposed on Leader APO, and on the other the oppression and denial policies imposed on the Kurdish people, had enlarged young Semih's anger and rage. Semih, the brave revolutionary youth of his people, decided to join the freedom movement. Semih Salhan took the name Senan Serhed and, in 2015, with all his determination, turned his direction toward the freedom mountains of Kurdistan.
Senan Serhed received his first guerrilla training in the free mountains, in the Zap area. The clear water of Zap and its majestic, rebellious mountains deeply affected guerrilla Senan. After the new fighters completed their training, he joined all the work in the area with great willingness. He made great effort to create in himself the qualities of a revolutionary. Guerrilla Senan adapted very quickly to the difficult and arduous life of the mountains. In a short time he took on the militant duties of the organization and prepared himself for every kind of work in order to serve the revolution.
He Knew How To Be A Tough Fighter Against All Attacks
The rains that fell on the mountain paths and the storms that broke left no trace behind. The snow falling in thick flakes covered the Zap mountains with a pure white curtain. Seasons had come and gone in the Zagros. The warmth and sincerity of guerrilla comradeship, clean and pure like a dove's tear, affected him very deeply. In the difficult Zap practice, guerrilla Senan made great effort to build a genuine bond with his comrades and to build his life upon the source of that comradeship. In every practice he carried out, he left deep marks on his comrades. Senan became a leading militant in Zap. In the hardest tasks, in all actions, guerrilla Senan always tried to be at the front. With the spirit of Egîd and Zîlan, wherever he stayed he carried out a practice worthy of them. With his beautiful and simple voice he sang songs to his comrades, making them feel the energy within him through those songs and giving them peace.
Again there is war, again resistance, again the Zap mountains. Senan, the valiant fighter of his people, had fought against the attacks of the occupiers with the anger and rage he had gathered inside him, like the heroes of Şikefta Brîndara. He had fought to drive the enemies out of the sacred lands of Kurdistan. As the enemy attacked, Senan struck the enemy with the feeling of centuries of revenge inside him. With every strike, the enemy's screams echoed through the Zap mountains. Through their epic resistance, the guerrillas were writing the enemy's defeat on the pages of freedom. Once again they had rendered the enemy's attacks futile.
On The Peaks Of Tendürek He Falls In Love And Looks Upon His Country, A Nest Of Paradise
Guerrilla Senan waged an uninterrupted struggle in Zap for three years. He successfully fulfilled all the responsibilities and duties that fell to him. To calm his feeling of revenge and to deal heavier blows to the enemy, in 2018 he turned his direction toward the lands of Bakurê Kurdistan. In the lands of Bakurê Kurdistan, where the war of existence and identity was being waged, Senan took the leadership of the Canşers and the Leylas as his basis. Facing every difficulty of life, he gained great experience.
In the harsh wind that blew at night, on the high peaks of the Tendürek mountains, he had climbed the steep paths like a mountain goat and called out to the owners of the mountains. Raindrops falling from the sky were making a century of anger and rage grow green. In the rebellious high mountains of Serhed he had looked upon his country, a nest of paradise. In Tendürek's majestic geography he had taken honorable steps, walked day and night without stopping, and walked until the day the paths would lead him to victory.
Freedom fighter Senan quickly adapted to the difficult living conditions of Serhed. He developed himself in the military and ideological fields and reached a professional level. By taking part in actions developed against the occupiers, he became a source of morale for his comrades. Senan became an APOist militant who was smiling, modest, and bound to his purpose. He followed the path of his martyred comrades and advanced on their road.
He Left Great Traces On Every Path He Walked
The war that took place in 2022 was continuing without interruption. Senan had developed himself in war tactics and shared his proposals with all his comrades. Together with his comrades, in order to stop the occupying Turkish army, he mastered the tactics of the democratic modernity guerrilla, developed new styles of action, and brought himself into a strong position in the process of restructuring.
An intense war had begun in the lands of Bakurê Kurdistan; war had spread everywhere. Guerrilla Senan also joined the resistance in order to take part in the war and, with his comrades, stop the enemy attacks. He participated in actions with expert and experienced guerrilla styles and tactics, and played a role in dealing heavy blows to the enemy. Senan, who showed great sacrifices in life, showed the same sacrifice in actions as well, played a major role, and joined the actions with the feeling of revenge within him.
In the depths of the Zagros, in the high mountains of Serhed, on roads and paths unknown to anyone, Kurdistan's devoted heroes had walked. On every path where they left traces, they wove life. On every road and path they crossed, with eyes shining like stars in a dark sky, they became a source of hope for the people of Kurdistan and walked until they found the door of victory and success.
After Years Of Relentless Struggle He Reaches Martyrdom
The brave guerrilla Senan Serhed waged an uninterrupted, breathless struggle in the Serhed area for four years. He fulfilled all the responsibilities that fell to him with great passion and love. He upheld to the end the promise he had given to his martyred comrades and fulfilled it. On August 11, 2022, while at his post, he reached martyrdom in an attack carried out by the Turkish Army. Your majesty brought down mountains. With your powerful voice the people rose up. The fire of freedom burning in your heart will be the certain torch of the Kurdish people's freedom and success; thousands will be followers of the paths you walked.