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(December 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> PKK - Turkey Conflict (1978--present) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Kurdish rebellions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Thematic map, general view over the Kurdish--Turkish conflict </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> c. 27 November 1978--present (39 years, 1 month and 3 weeks) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Eastern and Southeastern Turkey, spillovers in Northern Iraq and Northern Syria </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Status </Th> <Td> <P> Ongoing: </P> <Ul> <Li> Peace process attempt during 2012--15 </Li> <Li> Escalation since September 2014 due to Kobane crisis </Li> <Li> Renewed warfare since July 2015 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Turkey </P> <Ul> <Li> Turkish Armed Forces <Ul> <Li> Special Forces </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Turkish National Police <Ul> <Li> PÖH </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> JİTEM </Li> </Ul> <P> Other forces: </P> <Ul> <Li> Some Kurdish tribes </Li> <Li> Village Guards </Li> <Li> Grey Wolves </Li> <Li> Turkish Revenge Brigade </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Deep state </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) </P> <Ul> <Li> PKK <Ul> <Li> HPG </Li> <Li> YJA - STAR </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> PJAK </Li> </Ul> <P> YDG - H: </P> <Ul> <Li> YPS </Li> <Li> YPS - Jin </Li> </Ul> <P> HBDH </P> <Ul> <Li> TKP / ML - TİKKO </Li> <Li> MKP - HKO - PHG </Li> <Li> MLKP </Li> <Li> THKP - C / MLSPB - DC </Li> <Li> TKEP / L </Li> <Li> Devrimci Karargâh </Li> </Ul> <P> TAK </P> Supported by: (show) <Ul> <Li> Armenia </Li> <Li> Cyprus </Li> <Li> Greece </Li> <Li> Russia </Li> <Li> Soviet Union (until 1991) </Li> <Li> Iran </Li> <Li> Syria (until October 1998; from 2012) </Li> <Li> Iraq (until 2003) </Li> <Li> Libya (until 2006) </Li> <Li> Egypt (since 2016 allegedly) </Li> <Li> ASALA (1970s--1988) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Current commanders Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Binali Yıldırım Hulusi Akar </P> Past commanders: (show) <Ul> <Li> Osman Pamukoğlu </Li> <Li> Kenan Evren </Li> <Li> Turgut Özal </Li> <Li> Süleyman Demirel </Li> <Li> Ahmet Necdet Sezer </Li> <Li> Bülent Ecevit </Li> <Li> Mesut Yılmaz </Li> <Li> Necmettin Erbakan </Li> <Li> Tansu Çiller </Li> <Li> Işık Koşaner </Li> <Li> İlker Başbuğ </Li> <Li> Yaşar Büyükanıt </Li> <Li> Hilmi Özkök </Li> <Li> Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu </Li> <Li> İsmail Hakkı Karadayı </Li> <Li> Doğan Güreş </Li> <Li> Necip Torumtay </Li> <Li> Necdet Üruğ </Li> <Li> Nurettin Ersin </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Current commanders Murat Karayılan Bahoz Erdal Cemil Bayık Hülya Eroğlu † Mustafa Karasu Duran Kalkan Ali Haydar Kaytan (tr) Zübeyir Aydar Haji Ahmadi </P> Past commanders: (show) <Ul> <Li> Abdullah Öcalan (POW) </Li> <Li> Şemdin Sakık (POW) </Li> <Li> Osman Öcalan </Li> <Li> Mahsum Korkmaz † </Li> <Li> Nizamettin Taş </Li> <Li> Mazlum Doğan (POW) </Li> <Li> Celal Başkale † </Li> <Li> Kani Yılmaz † </Li> <Li> Hüseyin Yıldırım </Li> <Li> Haki Karer † </Li> <Li> Halil Atac </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Turkish Armed Forces: 639,551: Gendarmerie: 148,700 Police: 225,000 Village Guards: 65,000 Total: 948,550 (not all directly involved in the conflict) </Td> <Td> <P> PKK: 4,000--32,800 </P> PJAK: 1,000--3,000 TAK: A few dozen Total: ≈ 5,000--32,800 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Before 2015: 5,347 soldiers, 283 police officers and 1,466 village guards killed, 95 captured (24 currently held) 2015 - present: 1,036 killed Total: 8,266 killed and 21,128 wounded </Td> <Td> Total: 34,948 - 47,074 + killed and 22,703 + captured (Turkish claim) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> Total killed: 50,000--55,000 </P> <P> Civilian Casualties: 6,741 killed and 14,257 wounded (Turkish claim) 5,000 killed (until 2000; 3,438 by the Turkish government & 1,205 by the PKK; independent research and NGOs) 18,000--20,000 Kurds executed and 2,400--4,000 + villages destroyed by the Turkish government (independent human rights reports and other estimates) </P> 3,000,000 + displaced </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Turkish Hezbollah also known as Kurdish Hezbollah or just Hizbullah in Turkey, is a mainly Sunni Islamist militant organization, active against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Government of Turkey . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> Kurdish--Turkish conflict (1978--present) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Timeline <P> First insurgency </P> <Ul> <Li> 15 August 1984 </Li> <Li> Yeşilova </Li> <Li> Şırnak </Li> <Li> Taşdelen </Li> <Li> Kulp </Li> <Li> Northern Iraq </Li> <Li> May 24 ambush </Li> <Li> Başbağlar </Li> <Li> Lice </Li> <Li> Bombing of Iraq </Li> <Li> Winter Campaign </Li> <Li> Steel </Li> <Li> Hawk </Li> <Li> Varto </Li> <Li> Sazak </Li> <Li> Hammer </Li> <Li> Dawn </Li> <Li> Murat </Li> <Li> Blue Market massacre </Li> <Li> Istanbul (1999) </Li> </Ul> <P> Second insurgency </P> <Ul> <Li> Hakkâri (2007) </Li> <Li> Ankara </Li> <Li> Aktütün </Li> <Li> Diyarbakır </Li> <Li> Sun </Li> <Li> Reşadiye </Li> <Li> İskenderun </Li> <Li> Hakkâri </Li> <Li> Istanbul (2010) </Li> <Li> Operation Hell </Li> <Li> Hakkâri (2011) </Li> <Li> Uludere </Li> <Li> Hakkâri (2012) </Li> <Li> Beytüşşebap </Li> <Li> Gaziantep </Li> <Li> Şemdinli </Li> </Ul> <P> Third insurgency </P> <Ul> <Li> Martyr Yalçın <Ul> <Li> Police raids </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Arslan Kulaksız </Li> <Li> Hamza Yıldırım </Li> <Li> 2015--16 Şırnak clashes <Ul> <Li> Cizre (2015) </Li> <Li> Cizre (2016) </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Kandil </Li> <Li> Hakkari (2015) </Li> <Li> Silvan (2015) </Li> <Li> 2015 Airport bombing </Li> <Li> 1st Ankara (2016) </Li> <Li> 2016 Diyarbakir campaign <Ul> <Li> Sur </Li> <Li> 1st Diyarbakır </Li> <Li> 2nd Diyarbakır </Li> <Li> 3rd Diyarbakır </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 2nd Ankara (2016) </Li> <Li> Bursa (2016) </Li> <Li> 1st Istanbul (2016) </Li> <Li> Midyat (2016) </Li> <Li> Şemdinli (2016) </Li> <Li> 2nd Istanbul (2016) </Li> <Li> 3rd Istanbul (2016) </Li> <Li> Kayseri (2016) </Li> <Li> İzmir (2017) </Li> <Li> Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq (2017) </Li> </Ul> <P> Serhildan </P> <Ul> <Li> 1990 </Li> <Li> 1991 </Li> <Li> 1992 </Li> <Li> 1999 </Li> <Li> 2001 </Li> <Li> 2005 </Li> <Li> 2006 </Li> <Li> 2008 </Li> <Li> 2009 </Li> <Li> 2011--12 </Li> <Li> 2014 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> Kurdish rebellions in Turkey </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Koçgiri Rebellion 1 </Li> <Li> Sheikh Said rebellion </Li> <Li> Ararat rebellion </Li> <Li> Dersim rebellion 2 </Li> <Li> Serhildan </Li> <Li> Kurdish--Turkish conflict (1978--present) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 1 . Alevi + Kurdish rebellion, 2 . Zaza rebellion </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> PKK - Turkey Conflict (1978--present) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Kurdish rebellions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Thematic map, general view over the Kurdish--Turkish conflict </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> c. 27 November 1978--present (39 years, 1 month and 3 weeks) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Eastern and Southeastern Turkey, spillovers in Northern Iraq and Northern Syria </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Status </Th> <Td> <P> Ongoing: </P> <Ul> <Li> Peace process attempt during 2012--15 </Li> <Li> Escalation since September 2014 due to Kobane crisis </Li> <Li> Renewed warfare since July 2015 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Turkey </P> <Ul> <Li> Turkish Armed Forces <Ul> <Li> Special Forces </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Turkish National Police <Ul> <Li> PÖH </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> JİTEM </Li> </Ul> <P> Other forces: </P> <Ul> <Li> Some Kurdish tribes </Li> <Li> Village Guards </Li> <Li> Grey Wolves </Li> <Li> Turkish Revenge Brigade </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Deep state </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) </P> <Ul> <Li> PKK <Ul> <Li> HPG </Li> <Li> YJA - STAR </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> PJAK </Li> </Ul> <P> YDG - H: </P> <Ul> <Li> YPS </Li> <Li> YPS - Jin </Li> </Ul> <P> HBDH </P> <Ul> <Li> TKP / ML - TİKKO </Li> <Li> MKP - HKO - PHG </Li> <Li> MLKP </Li> <Li> THKP - C / MLSPB - DC </Li> <Li> TKEP / L </Li> <Li> Devrimci Karargâh </Li> </Ul> <P> TAK </P> Supported by: (show) <Ul> <Li> Armenia </Li> <Li> Cyprus </Li> <Li> Greece </Li> <Li> Russia </Li> <Li> Soviet Union (until 1991) </Li> <Li> Iran </Li> <Li> Syria (until October 1998; from 2012) </Li> <Li> Iraq (until 2003) </Li> <Li> Libya (until 2006) </Li> <Li> Egypt (since 2016 allegedly) </Li> <Li> ASALA (1970s--1988) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Current commanders Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Binali Yıldırım Hulusi Akar </P> Past commanders: (show) <Ul> <Li> Osman Pamukoğlu </Li> <Li> Kenan Evren </Li> <Li> Turgut Özal </Li> <Li> Süleyman Demirel </Li> <Li> Ahmet Necdet Sezer </Li> <Li> Bülent Ecevit </Li> <Li> Mesut Yılmaz </Li> <Li> Necmettin Erbakan </Li> <Li> Tansu Çiller </Li> <Li> Işık Koşaner </Li> <Li> İlker Başbuğ </Li> <Li> Yaşar Büyükanıt </Li> <Li> Hilmi Özkök </Li> <Li> Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu </Li> <Li> İsmail Hakkı Karadayı </Li> <Li> Doğan Güreş </Li> <Li> Necip Torumtay </Li> <Li> Necdet Üruğ </Li> <Li> Nurettin Ersin </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Current commanders Murat Karayılan Bahoz Erdal Cemil Bayık Hülya Eroğlu † Mustafa Karasu Duran Kalkan Ali Haydar Kaytan (tr) Zübeyir Aydar Haji Ahmadi </P> Past commanders: (show) <Ul> <Li> Abdullah Öcalan (POW) </Li> <Li> Şemdin Sakık (POW) </Li> <Li> Osman Öcalan </Li> <Li> Mahsum Korkmaz † </Li> <Li> Nizamettin Taş </Li> <Li> Mazlum Doğan (POW) </Li> <Li> Celal Başkale † </Li> <Li> Kani Yılmaz † </Li> <Li> Hüseyin Yıldırım </Li> <Li> Haki Karer † </Li> <Li> Halil Atac </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Turkish Armed Forces: 639,551: Gendarmerie: 148,700 Police: 225,000 Village Guards: 65,000 Total: 948,550 (not all directly involved in the conflict) </Td> <Td> <P> PKK: 4,000--32,800 </P> PJAK: 1,000--3,000 TAK: A few dozen Total: ≈ 5,000--32,800 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Before 2015: 5,347 soldiers, 283 police officers and 1,466 village guards killed, 95 captured (24 currently held) 2015 - present: 1,036 killed Total: 8,266 killed and 21,128 wounded </Td> <Td> Total: 34,948 - 47,074 + killed and 22,703 + captured (Turkish claim) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> Total killed: 50,000--55,000 </P> <P> Civilian Casualties: 6,741 killed and 14,257 wounded (Turkish claim) 5,000 killed (until 2000; 3,438 by the Turkish government & 1,205 by the PKK; independent research and NGOs) 18,000--20,000 Kurds executed and 2,400--4,000 + villages destroyed by the Turkish government (independent human rights reports and other estimates) </P> 3,000,000 + displaced </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Turkish Hezbollah also known as Kurdish Hezbollah or just Hizbullah in Turkey, is a mainly Sunni Islamist militant organization, active against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Government of Turkey . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> PKK - Turkey Conflict (1978--present) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Kurdish rebellions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Thematic map, general view over the Kurdish--Turkish conflict </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> c. 27 November 1978--present (39 years, 1 month and 3 weeks) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Eastern and Southeastern Turkey, spillovers in Northern Iraq and Northern Syria </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Status </Th> <Td> <P> Ongoing: </P> <Ul> <Li> Peace process attempt during 2012--15 </Li> <Li> Escalation since September 2014 due to Kobane crisis </Li> <Li> Renewed warfare since July 2015 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Turkey </P> <Ul> <Li> Turkish Armed Forces <Ul> <Li> Special Forces </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Turkish National Police <Ul> <Li> PÖH </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> JİTEM </Li> </Ul> <P> Other forces: </P> <Ul> <Li> Some Kurdish tribes </Li> <Li> Village Guards </Li> <Li> Grey Wolves </Li> <Li> Turkish Revenge Brigade </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Deep state </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) </P> <Ul> <Li> PKK <Ul> <Li> HPG </Li> <Li> YJA - STAR </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> PJAK </Li> </Ul> <P> YDG - H: </P> <Ul> <Li> YPS </Li> <Li> YPS - Jin </Li> </Ul> <P> HBDH </P> <Ul> <Li> TKP / ML - TİKKO </Li> <Li> MKP - HKO - PHG </Li> <Li> MLKP </Li> <Li> THKP - C / MLSPB - DC </Li> <Li> TKEP / L </Li> <Li> Devrimci Karargâh </Li> </Ul> <P> TAK </P> Supported by: (show) <Ul> <Li> Armenia </Li> <Li> Cyprus </Li> <Li> Greece </Li> <Li> Russia </Li> <Li> Soviet Union (until 1991) </Li> <Li> Iran </Li> <Li> Syria (until October 1998; from 2012) </Li> <Li> Iraq (until 2003) </Li> <Li> Libya (until 2006) </Li> <Li> Egypt (since 2016 allegedly) </Li> <Li> ASALA (1970s--1988) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Current commanders Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Binali Yıldırım Hulusi Akar </P> Past commanders: (show) <Ul> <Li> Osman Pamukoğlu </Li> <Li> Kenan Evren </Li> <Li> Turgut Özal </Li> <Li> Süleyman Demirel </Li> <Li> Ahmet Necdet Sezer </Li> <Li> Bülent Ecevit </Li> <Li> Mesut Yılmaz </Li> <Li> Necmettin Erbakan </Li> <Li> Tansu Çiller </Li> <Li> Işık Koşaner </Li> <Li> İlker Başbuğ </Li> <Li> Yaşar Büyükanıt </Li> <Li> Hilmi Özkök </Li> <Li> Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu </Li> <Li> İsmail Hakkı Karadayı </Li> <Li> Doğan Güreş </Li> <Li> Necip Torumtay </Li> <Li> Necdet Üruğ </Li> <Li> Nurettin Ersin </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Current commanders Murat Karayılan Bahoz Erdal Cemil Bayık Hülya Eroğlu † Mustafa Karasu Duran Kalkan Ali Haydar Kaytan (tr) Zübeyir Aydar Haji Ahmadi </P> Past commanders: (show) <Ul> <Li> Abdullah Öcalan (POW) </Li> <Li> Şemdin Sakık (POW) </Li> <Li> Osman Öcalan </Li> <Li> Mahsum Korkmaz † </Li> <Li> Nizamettin Taş </Li> <Li> Mazlum Doğan (POW) </Li> <Li> Celal Başkale † </Li> <Li> Kani Yılmaz † </Li> <Li> Hüseyin Yıldırım </Li> <Li> Haki Karer † </Li> <Li> Halil Atac </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Turkish Armed Forces: 639,551: Gendarmerie: 148,700 Police: 225,000 Village Guards: 65,000 Total: 948,550 (not all directly involved in the conflict) </Td> <Td> <P> PKK: 4,000--32,800 </P> PJAK: 1,000--3,000 TAK: A few dozen Total: ≈ 5,000--32,800 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Before 2015: 5,347 soldiers, 283 police officers and 1,466 village guards killed, 95 captured (24 currently held) 2015 - present: 1,036 killed Total: 8,266 killed and 21,128 wounded </Td> <Td> Total: 34,948 - 47,074 + killed and 22,703 + captured (Turkish claim) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> Total killed: 50,000--55,000 </P> <P> Civilian Casualties: 6,741 killed and 14,257 wounded (Turkish claim) 5,000 killed (until 2000; 3,438 by the Turkish government & 1,205 by the PKK; independent research and NGOs) 18,000--20,000 Kurds executed and 2,400--4,000 + villages destroyed by the Turkish government (independent human rights reports and other estimates) </P> 3,000,000 + displaced </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Turkish Hezbollah also known as Kurdish Hezbollah or just Hizbullah in Turkey, is a mainly Sunni Islamist militant organization, active against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Government of Turkey . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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