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Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015-present)

Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) and the Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
Date 24 July 2015 – present
(2 years, 2 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Location Eastern and Southeastern Turkey, Syria–Turkey border, Iraqi Kurdistan, Northern Syria.
Status Ongoing
Belligerents
 Turkey

Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK)

YDG-H:

HBDH


Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
Commanders and leaders
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Hulusi Akar (from 18 August 2015)
Necdet Özel (until 18 August 2015)

Murat Karayılan
Bahoz Erdal

Cemil Bayık
Units involved

Turkish Armed Forces

Turkish National Police

Village Guards


Other forces:
Grey Wolves

Some Kurdish tribes

PKK:

PJAK
YDG-H:

HBDH
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
  • 996 security forces killed (per the Crisis Group)
  • 900+ security forces killed (Turkish claim)
  • 7,183–9,327 security forces killed (PKK claim; as of Jan. 2017)
  • 1,499 militants killed (per the Crisis Group)
  • 10,100 militants killed or captured (Turkish claim)
  • 1,181 militants killed (PKK claim; as of Jan. 2017)

417 civilians killed (independent estimates)
220 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 Communities Union (KCK)

YDG-H:

HBDH

Murat Karayılan
Bahoz Erdal

Turkish Armed Forces

Turkish National Police


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