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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
(1 year, 9 months and 2 days)
Location Eastern and Southeastern Turkey, Syria–Turkey border, Iraqi Kurdistan, Northern Syria.
Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Turkey Turkey

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
YDG-H


Kurdistan Freedom Hawks


HBDH
Commanders and leaders

Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey Hulusi Akar (from 18 August 2015)

Turkey 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

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
  • 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)
  • 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)

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

Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey Hulusi Akar (from 18 August 2015)

Murat Karayılan
Bahoz Erdal


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