In memory of Mehmet Aksoy
ES, 26 September 2021
I wanted
To be the flame
of my time
or
Part of its flame
I was its shadow
or
part
of its shadow
My time
was the time
Of fury – shadow of fury
My time
the time
of tyranny
shadow of tyranny
I wanted
to be the banner
of my time
or a shred of its banner
Banner
of flame
of fury
of tyranny
or its shred
or part
of its shadow
Mehmet Aksoy (24 February 1985[citation needed] – 26 September 2017), also known as Fîraz Dağ, was a British-Kurdish filmmaker and activist. Aksoy was killed while covering the battle to retake Raqqa in Northern Syria from ISIS. He was embedded with the People’s Protection Units when ISIS fighters overran a base where he was staying on 26 September 2017.[1][2]