İsmail Özden
İsmail Özden | |
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| Born | 1952 Beşiri, Turkey |
| Died | 15 August 2018 (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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İsmail Özden (1952 Şimzê, Beşiri – 15 August 2018), aka Mam Zêki Shingali, was a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê, PKK), famous for the leading role he played in the resistance to the conquest of Sinjar by ISIL. He was killed on 15 August 2018 in a Turkish Air Force airstrike.