2015 PKK rebellion
Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) |
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) and the Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
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Belligerents |
Turkey |
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) YDG-H
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
HBDH
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Commanders and leaders |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Hulusi Akar (from 18 August 2015)
Necdet Özel (until 18 August 2015) |
Murat Karayılan Bahoz Erdal
Cemil Bayık
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Units involved |
Turkish Armed Forces
Turkish National Police
Village Guards
Other forces: Grey Wolves
Some Kurdish tribes
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PKK
YDG-H
HBDH
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Strength |
Around 10,000 Turkish police and military personnel
360,000 active military personnel
244,000 Police forces (2015 figures, of which not all are directly involved)
233,000 Security Guards
65,000 Village Guards |
4,000–33,000 |
Casualties and losses |
- 915 security forces killed (per the Crisis Group)
- 871 security forces killed (Turkish claim)
- 7,183–9,327 security forces killed (PKK claim; as of Jan. 2017)
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- 1,194 militants killed (per the Crisis Group)
- 10,100 militants killed or captured (Turkish claim)
- 1,181 militants killed (PKK claim; as of Jan. 2017)
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392–400 civilians killed (independent estimates)
219 unidentified killed (civilians or militants; per the Crisis Group)
337 civilians killed (Turkish claim)
500–1,000 civilians killed (HDP claim)
2,000 killed in total (UN claim)
500,000 displaced |
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
YDG-H
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Hulusi Akar (from 18 August 2015)
Murat Karayılan
Bahoz Erdal
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