The People's Council of West Kurdistan (, MGRK), is one of the main overarching coordinating (i.e. "governing") bodies of
Rojava Rojava may refer to:
* Syrian Kurdistan, also known as Rojava, the geographical region where Kurds historically settled within present-day Syria
* Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
The Democratic Autonomous Administ ...
Syria. It is a directly democratic "people's" council founded by various Syrian Kurdish political groups including the
Democratic Union Party (PYD), in 2011.
The MGRK body consists of delegates (Coordinating Chairs) elected by lower neighborhood councils.
The MGRK plays a significant role in the
Syrian Kurdistan campaign leading to the de facto autonomous Kurdish region of
Rojava Rojava may refer to:
* Syrian Kurdistan, also known as Rojava, the geographical region where Kurds historically settled within present-day Syria
* Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
The Democratic Autonomous Administ ...
. It is currently co-chaired by Sinem Mihemed and Abdulselam Ahmed who are also delegates to the
Kurdish Supreme Committee
The Kurdish Supreme Committee (; DBK) was a self-proclaimed governing body in Democratic Federation of Northern Syria, Northern Syria, which was founded by the Democratic Union Party (Syria), Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and the Kurdish N ...
.
The MGRK comprises the following groups:
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Democratic Union Party (Syria)
The Democratic Union Party (, , PYD; ; ) is a Kurdish left-wing political party established on 20 September 2003 in northern Syria. It is a founding member of the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change. Carnegie Middle East Center, 1 ...
(PYD)
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Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM)
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Star Union of Women
A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night; their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed points of lig ...
(Yekîtiya Star)
* Organization of families of martyrs
* Organization of the Kurdish language (SZK)
* Organization of revolutionist Youth of West Kurdistan (KCRK)
* Other groups
References
* Journey To Rojava (references the MGRK)
http://www.biehlonbookchin.com/journey-to-rojava-may-2014/
* Kurds In West Kurdistan list of MGRK Groups
https://web.archive.org/web/20150127192335/http://pydrojava.net/en/index.php/kurds-in-west-of-kurdistan/117-kurdish-alliances-after-the-revolution-began-in-syria
See also
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Syrian Kurdistan
Syrian Kurdistan or Rojava () is a region in northern Syria where Kurds form the majority. It is surrounding three noncontiguous enclaves along the Turkish and Iraqi borders: Afrin in the northwest, Kobani in the north, and Jazira in the nor ...
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Kobanî
Kobani, also Kobane, officially Ayn al-Arab, is a Kurdish-majority city in the Ayn al-Arab District in northern Syria, lying immediately south of the Syria–Turkey border. As a consequence of the Syrian civil war, the city came under the co ...
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Movement for a Democratic Society
Kurds in Syria
Political party alliances in Syria
Politics of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
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