İsmail Özden
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İsmail Özden (1952 Şimzê, Beşiri – 15 August 2018), aka Mam Zêki Shingali, was a Yazidi Kurdish member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê, PKK), famous for the leading role he played in the resistance to the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL. He was killed on 15 August 2018 in a Turkish Air Force airstrike.[1]
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Born | 1952 Beşiri, Turkey |
Died | 15 August 2018(2018-08-15) (aged 65–66) Sinjar, Iraq |
Cause of death | Airstrike |
Other names | Mam Zêki Shingali |
Organization | Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) |
Known for | Defense of the Yazidi in Sinjar |
Political party | Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) |
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