by Meredith Tax
YDG-K (Union of Patriotic Revolutionary Young Women), 14, 177
Yildirim, Kesire, 108, 130, 135
YJA-Star, 42, 136–37, 142
Yoruk, Erdem, 69
Yousef, Amaad, 164, 173–74
YPG-YPJ (People’s Protection Units and Women’s Protection Units), 53, 104, 165, 178, 224, 256, 264
celibacy and, 142–45
false accusations against, 194–98
Kobane canton and, 38–39, 41, 180–82, 184–88
patrol truck, 224
in PKK network, 13
recruits, 189, 259
Sinjar Mountain and, 38–39, 41–43, 182, 190
trials, 196
YPJ. See YPG-YPJ
YRK-HPJ (Eastern Kurdistan Protection Units and Women’s Protection Units), 13
Yugoslavia, 25
Yuksekdag, Figen, 252
Zana, Leyla, 73–76, 103, 156, 250
in HEP, 113, 116
imprisoned, 91–92, 118–19
Zana, Mehdi, 74–76, 91
al Zarqawi, Abu Musab, 205–6, 209–10
al-Zawahiri, Ayman, 206, 209, 213–14, 216, 219
Zelin, Aaron, 219
Zumrut, Zubeyde, 163
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