Zeynep Kınacı (1972–1996), codenamed Zilan, was a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) known for having committed its first suicide attack.
[2] She studied social sciences at the Inönü University in Malatya and worked at the state hospital as a X-ray technician.
[6] By the PKK, she was exemplified as the new Ishtar[9][10] and the female equivalent of a modern Kawa, who personified in Mazlum Dogan, committed suicide on Newroz 1982 in prison in Diyarbakir.
[9][11] Today her nom de guerre Zîlan, but also Mazlum are popular names in the provinces of Diyarbakir and Mardin.
[12] In her memory, Gurbetelli Ersöz, the former Editor in Chief of Özgür Gündem adopted as nom de guerre Zeynep after she joined the PKK.