Kurdish-Turkish conflict

Kurdish rebellions in Turkey

Date

6 March 1921–present(95 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)

Location

Turkey, Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan

Status

Ongoing

Several failed massive revolts during 1920–37
The Kurdish–Turkish conflict since 1984

Belligerents

Grand National Assembly (1920-1923)

Turkey (since 1923)

Some Kurdish tribes (since 2015)

Koçgiri Tribe
Ginyan Tribe
Society for the Rise of Kurdistan

Kurdish tribes:

Sunni Zazas
Kurmanj
Alevi Zazas
- Hormekan
- Lolan

Kurdish Republic of Ararat (1927–1930)

Xoybûn

Dersim tribes

Kurdistan Workers' Party (since 1978)

YDG-H (since 2013)

YPS (since 2015)
YPS-Jin (since 2016)

Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (since 2004)

Commanders and leaders

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Nureddin Pasha
Binbaşı

Kâzım İnanç
Mürsel Bakû
Naci Eldeniz

İsmet İnönü
Kâzım Orbay
Abdullah Alpdoğan (; )

Fevzi Çakmak
İbrahim Tali Öngören (; )
İzzettin Çalışlar
Salih Omurtak

Osman Pamukoğlu
Kenan Evren
Turgut Özal
Süleyman Demirel
Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Bülent Ecevit
Mesut Yılmaz
Necmettin Erbakan
Tansu Çiller
Işık Koşaner
İlker Başbuğ
Yaşar Büyükanıt
Hilmi Özkök
Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu
İsmail Hakkı Karadayı
Doğan Güreş
Necip Torumtay
Necdet Üruğ
Nurettin Ersin
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Ahmet Davutoğlu
Hulusi Akar

Alişan Bey
Nuri Dersimi (; ; ; ; )

Sheikh Said

Ihsan Nuri
Ibrahim Heski
Ferzende
Halis Öztürk

Seyid Riza (POW)
Kamer Aga (Yusufan)
Cebrail Aga (Demenan)
Kamer Aga (Haydaran)
Alîşêr (; ; ) †
Zarîfe †

Abdullah Öcalan (POW)
Şemdin Sakık (POW)
Osman Öcalan
Mahsum Korkmaz †
Nizamettin Taş
Mazlum Doğan
Kani Yılmaz (; ) †
Hüseyin Yıldırım
Haki Karer (; ; ; ) †
Halil Atac
Murat Karayılan
Bahoz Erdal
Cemil Bayık
Mustafa Karasu
Duran Kalkan
Ali Haydar Kaytan (; ; ; )

Strength

Kocgiri: 3,161-31,000 military

Said: 25,000-52,000 men

Ararat: 10,000-66,000 men

Dersim: 50,000 men

Turkish Armed Forces: 639,551:
Gendarmerie: 148,700
Police: 225,000
Village Guards: 60,000

Total: 948,550
(not all directly involved in the conflict)

Kocgiri: 3,000-6,000 rebels

Said: 15,000 rebels

Ararat: 5,000-8,000 rebels

Dersim: 6,000 rebels

PKK: 4,000–32,800

Casualties and losses

Kocgiri:Unknown

Said: Unknown

Ararat: Unknown

Dersim: 199 killed

Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978-present): 5,347 soldiers, 283 police officers and 1,466 village guards killed (Turkish claim)

Kocgiri: 500 rebels killed

Said: Unknown

Ararat: Unknown

Dersim: 10,000-13,160 killed (mostly civilians)

Kurdish–Turkish conflict: 27,374 killed (Turkish claim)

Said revolt: 15,000–20,000 to 40,000–250,000 civilians killed
Ararat revolt: 4,500 civilians killed
Kurdish-Turkish conflict (1978-present): 6,741 to 18,000-20,000 civilians killed

Total: 100,000+ killed