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Turkey-PKK Conflict

Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Kurdish-Turkish conflict
Part of the Kurdish rebellions
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Thematic map, general view over the Kurdish  – Turkish conflict
Date c. 27 November 1978–present
(38 years, 3 months and 3 weeks)
Location Eastern and Southeastern Turkey, spillovers in Northern Iraq and Northern Syria
Status

Ongoing:

Belligerents

Turkey Turkey

Other forces:


Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK)

YDG-H:

HBDH



Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
Commanders and leaders

Current commanders
Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey Binali Yıldırım
Turkey Hulusi Akar


Current commanders
Murat Karayılan
Bahoz Erdal
Cemil Bayık
Mustafa Karasu
Duran Kalkan
Ali Haydar Kaytan ()
Zübeyir Aydar
Haji Ahmadi

Strength
Turkish Armed Forces: 639,551:
Gendarmerie: 148,700
Police: 225,000
Village Guards: 65,000
Turkey Total: 948,550
(not all directly involved in the conflict)

PKK: 4,000–32,800

PJAK: 1,000–3,000
TAK: A few dozen
Total: ≈5,000–32,800
Casualties and losses

5,347 soldiers, 283 police officers and 1,466 village guards killed, 95 captured (24 currently held)
Total: 7,230 killed and 21,128 wounded
(Turkish claim)


Total: 12,522 killed and 33,788 wounded

(PKK claim)
Total: 31,874 killed and 19,013 captured
(Turkish claim)

Total killed: 50,000–55,000


Civilian Casualties:
6,741 killed and 14,257 wounded (Turkish claim)
5,000 killed (until 2000; 3,438 by the Turkish government & 1,205 by the PKK; independent research and NGOs)
18,000–20,000 Kurds executed and 2,400–4,000+ villages destroyed by the Turkish government (independent human rights reports and other estimates)
17,000 missing

3,000,000+ displaced
Turkish Hezbollah also known as Kurdish Hezbollah or just Hizbullah in Turkey, is a mainly Sunni Islamist militant organization, active against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Government of Turkey.
Name Short Leader Active
People's Labor Party HEP Ahmet Fehmi Işıklar 1990–1993
Democracy Party DEP Yaşar Kaya 1993–1994
People's Democracy Party HADEP Murat Bozlak 1994–2003
Democratic People's Party DEHAP Tuncer Bakırhan 1997–2005
Democratic Society Movement DTH Leyla Zana 2005
Democratic Society Party DTP Ahmet Türk 2005–2009
Peace and Democracy Party BDP Gültan Kışanak, Selahattin Demirtaş 2008–2014
Democratic Regions Party DBP Emine Ayna, Kamûran Yüksek 2014–present
Peoples' Democratic Party HDP Figen Yüksekdağ, Selahattin Demirtaş 2012–present

Ongoing:

Turkey Turkey

Other forces:

Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK)

YDG-H:

HBDH

Current commanders
Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey Binali Yıldırım
Turkey Hulusi Akar


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