Operation Martyr Yalçın

Operation Martyr Yalçın
Part of the Turkey–ISIL conflict and the PKK rebellion (2015–present) (Turkey–PKK conflict)
Date 24–25 July 2015 Location Syria–Turkey border, Northern Iraq Status First wave against PKK and ISIL targets began on 24 July 2015
Belligerents
Turkey Turkish Air Force Turkish Land Forces Turkish Gendarmerie	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Military of ISIL Dokumacılar	Kurdistan Workers' Party KCK Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front
Commanders and leaders
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Ahmet Davutoğlu Hulusi Akar	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abu Ala al-Afri	Murat Karayılan Cemil Bayık Hüseyin Fevzi Tekin
Strength
685,862 military personnel 407,122 reservists (2014 figures, of which not all are directly involved)	31,500–100,000(in total, of which not all are directly involved)	4,000
Casualties and losses
Two police officers injured in Hakkari. Two soldiers killed and four wounded in Diyarbakir	35 killed	160 killed (Turkish claim)

Turkey

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Kurdistan Workers' Party

Operation Martyr Yalçın (Turkish: Şehit Yalçın Operasyonu) was a military operation conducted by the Turkish Air Force against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) positions in Syria, and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) positions in Northern Iraq, on 24 and 25 July 2015.

The operation began in the early hours of 24 July, a day after ISIL militants reportedly attacked a Turkish military border outpost in the Turkish town of Elbeyli in Kilis Province, killing one soldier, Yalçın Nane, and injuring two others. The operation is named after the dead soldier.

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