Civil Protection Units-Women
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Civil Protection Units-Women | |
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Yekîneyên Parastina Sivîl a Jin (YPS-Jin) | |
Active | 8 January 2016–present |
Country | Turkey |
Branch | Female service units |
Type | Light infantry (militia) |
Size | unknown |
Engagements | Turkey-PKK War |
The Civil Protection Units-Women or Civil Defense Units-Women (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Parastina Sivîl a Jin, YPS-Jin is a Kurdish military organization that was set up in 2016 as the female brigade of the Civil Protection Units (Yekîneyên Parastina Sivîl, YPS) militia.[1]
History
The YPS-J which was set up on 8 January 2016.[2]
See also
- YDG-H
- Civil Protection Units (YPS)
- People's Protection Units (YPG)
- Women's Protection Units (YPJ)
- Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
References
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- All-female military units and formations
- Anti-ISIL factions in Turkey
- Feminism in the Middle East
- Kurdish organisations
- Kurdistan Workers' Party
- Military wings of political parties
- National liberation armies
- Rebel groups in Turkey
- Women in war