Operation Northern Iraq

Operation Northern Iraq Turkish: Kuzey Irak Harekâtı
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Date 12 October - 1 November 1992 Location Iraqi Kurdistan Result KRG-PKK cease-fire. 2 captured Turkish soldiers released by PKK All routes between Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan re-opened End of KRG military operations against the PKK Withdrawal of Turkish forces Continued PKK presence in Northern Iraq Continued Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Belligerents
Turkey  Iraqi Kurdistan Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)	Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Commanders and leaders
Doğan Güreş Eşref Bitlis Nawshirwan Mustafa	Osman Öcalan Faruk Bozkur Murat Karayılan
Strength
20,000 Turks 5,000 Iraqi Kurds	2,000-8,000
Casualties and losses
Turkey: 28 killed 125 wounded 2 captured (Later released) Iraqi Kurdistan: ~150 killed Total: 178 killed	1,551 killed 2,700 injured 1,232 captured by Turkish forces (Turkish claim) 2,000 captured by KDP forces (Barzani claim) 161 killed 300 injured (PKK claim)

KRG-PKK cease-fire.

 Turkey
 Iraqi Kurdistan

Osman Öcalan
Faruk Bozkur

20,000 Turks

Turkey:
28 killed
125 wounded
2 captured
(Later released)
Iraqi Kurdistan:
~150 killed

1,551 killed
2,700 injured
1,232 captured by Turkish forces
(Turkish claim)
2,000 captured by KDP forces
(Barzani claim)

161 killed
300 injured

Operation Northern Iraq (Turkish: Kuzey Irak Harekâtı) was a cross-border operation by the Turkish Armed Forces into North of Iraq between 12 October and 1 November 1992 against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which is listed as a terrorist organization internationally by a number of states and organizations, including the United States, NATO and the EU. More than 37,000 people have been killed in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict since 1984.

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