People's Protection Units

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf militant
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:YPG
gptkbp:activeYearsStart 2011
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Women's_Protection_Units
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkbp:country gptkb:Syria
gptkbp:flag YPG flag
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Democratic_Union_Party_(PYD)
gptkbp:headquarters Qamishli
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label People's Protection Units
gptkbp:ideology Kurdish nationalism
Democratic confederalism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
Kurdish
gptkbp:motto Berxwedan jiyan e (Resistance is life)
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Yekîneyên_Parastina_Gel
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Afrin
gptkb:Al-Hasakah_offensive
gptkb:Raqqa_campaign
gptkb:Deir_ez-Zor_campaign
gptkb:Siege_of_Kobani
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Nesrin_Abdullah
gptkb:Sipan_Hemo
gptkb:Polat_Can
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Rojava
Northern Syria
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Turkey
gptkb:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
gptkb:Syrian_government
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Democratic_Union_Party_(PYD)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkbp:purpose defense of Kurdish areas in Syria
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:Women's_Protection_Units
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkb:Asayish
gptkbp:size tens of thousands
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:website https://ypgrojava.org
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Afrin
gptkb:Turkish_military_operation_(2018)
gptkb:YPG
gptkb:Battle_of_Kobani
gptkb:Kurdish_forces
gptkb:Syrian_Democratic_Forces
gptkb:Democratic_Union_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6