PYD

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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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PYD canonical 4

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instanceOf Kurdish political party
left-wing political party
political party
abbreviation PYD
advocatesFor Kurdish rights in Syria
gender equality
local self-administration
alliedWith People's Protection Units
Syrian Democratic Forces
Women's Protection Units
conflictInvolved Syrian civil war
linked to: 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
linkedTo Kurdistan Workers Party
PKK
nativeName Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat
operatesIn Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
opposedBy Syrian government
Syrian opposition groups
linked to: Syrian opposition

Turkey
politicalPosition left-wing
primaryReligionContext largely secular in a predominantly Muslim region
regionOfOperation Rojava
linked to: Kurdistan

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
Syrian Democratic Forces
usesLanguage Arabic
Kurdish

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