PYD

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Kurdish political party left-wing political party political party

The PYD (Democratic Union Party) is a dominant Kurdish-led political party in northern Syria closely linked to the PKK and central to the governance and military structures of the region commonly known as Rojava.

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Label	Occurrences
PYD canonical	4

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kurdish political party ⓘ left-wing political party ⓘ political party ⓘ
abbreviation	PYD self-link ⓘ
advocatesFor	Kurdish rights in Syria ⓘ gender equality ⓘ local self-administration ⓘ
alliedWith	People's Protection Units ⓘ Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces Women's Protection Units ⓘ
conflictInvolved	Syrian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Syrian civil war
countryOfOperation	Syria ⓘ
ethnicGroupBase	Kurds ⓘ
foundedBy	Syrian Kurdish activists ⓘ supporters of Abdullah Öcalan ⓘ
fullName	Democratic Union Party ⓘ
governs	local councils in northern Syria ⓘ
hasPoliticalWing	Movement for a Democratic Society ⓘ
hasWing	YPG ⓘ YPJ ⓘ
headquartersLocation	northern Syria ⓘ
ideology	Kurdish nationalism ⓘ democratic confederalism ⓘ feminism ⓘ left-wing politics ⓘ secularism ⓘ
influencedBy	Abdullah Öcalan ⓘ Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ surface form: Kurdistan Workers Party
linkedTo	Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ surface form: Kurdistan Workers Party Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ surface form: PKK
nativeName	Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat ⓘ
operatesIn	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ⓘ
opposedBy	Syrian government ⓘ Syrian opposition ⓘ surface form: Syrian opposition groups Turkey ⓘ
politicalPosition	left-wing ⓘ
primaryReligionContext	largely secular in a predominantly Muslim region ⓘ
regionOfOperation	Kurdistan ⓘ surface form: Rojava northern Syria ⓘ
roleInRegion	central to governance structures in Rojava ⓘ central to military structures in Rojava ⓘ dominant political force in Rojava ⓘ
supports	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria ⓘ Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces ⓘ surface form: Syrian Democratic Forces
usesLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Kurdish ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria → deFactoLeader → PYD ⓘ

PYD → abbreviation → PYD self-link ⓘ

Democratic Union Party → shortName → PYD ⓘ

Journals → hasPart → PYD ⓘ