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)

PKK
- HPG
- YJA-STAR
PJAK

YDG-H:

YPS
YPS-Jin

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

PÖH

Village Guards

Other forces:
Grey Wolves

Some Kurdish tribes

PKK:

PJAK
YDG-H:

YPS
YPS-Jin (since 2016)

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