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The YPG’s Search for Legitimacy in War-Torn Syria by Mehmet Emin Cengiz

 24 Jan 2019 – ACADEMIA – The People’s Protection Units (YPG), which is widely known to be an offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Syria, has been attempting to gain political legitimacy and popular support from large segments of Syrian society in the war-torn country for a long time. In the quest for political and societal legitimacy, the YPG is struggling to evolve from a non-state armed actor into a state-like actor . However, the legitimacy of the organization is still questionable in the eyes of many due to its actions on the ground  that contradict the organization’s rhetoric. The YPG was founded as the military wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) which traditionally had strong ties with Moscow due to the historic relationship  between the PKK and the Soviet Union. 

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