Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) |
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the Kurdish rebellions ഭാഗം |
Thematic map, general view over the Kurdish – Turkish conflict (2010) |
തിയതി | 27 November 1978 – present (45 വർഷം, 6 മാസം, 2 ആഴ്ച and 2 ദിവസം) |
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സ്ഥലം | Northern Kurdistan (Eastern and Southeastern Turkey), spillovers into Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) and Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Northern Syria) |
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സ്ഥിതി | Ongoing:
- Peace process attempt during 2012–15[1][2][3][4]
- Escalation since September 2014 due to Siege of Kobani
- Renewed warfare since July 2015
- Turkish claim: approx. 500-550 PKK left in Turkey[5]
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യുദ്ധത്തിൽ ഏർപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നവർ |
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Turkey
- Turkish Armed Forces
- Special Forces
- Turkish National Police
- JİTEM
Other forces:
Supported by:
| Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK)
- PKK
- HPG
- YJA-STAR
- YDG-H:
- YPS
- YPS-Jin
- PYD
- YPG
- YPG International
- YPJ
- Anti-Terror Units
- PJAK[16]
- Sinjar Alliance
- Êzîdxan Women's Units
- Sinjar Resistance Units
HBDH
- MKP-HKO-PHG
- MLKP
- THKP-C/MLSPB-DC
- TKEP/L
- Devrimci Karargâh
International Freedom Battalion
TAK
Support (incl. alleged by Turkey):
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പടനായകരും മറ്റു നേതാക്കളും |
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Current commanders
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Hulusi Akar Yaşar Güler
| Current commanders Murat Karayılan
Bahoz Erdal
Cemil Bayık
Ayfer Kordu † [32]
Hülya Eroğlu † [33]
Mustafa Karasu
Duran Kalkan
Ali Haydar Kaytan [tr]
Zübeyir Aydar
Haji Ahmadi[34]
- Abdullah Öcalan #
- Şemdin Sakık #
- Osman Öcalan
- Mahsum Korkmaz †
- Nizamettin Taş
- Mazlum Doğan #
- Celal Başkale †
- Kani Yılmaz †
- Hüseyin Yıldırım
- Haki Karer †
- Halil Atac
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ശക്തി |
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Turkish Armed Forces: 639,551:[35] Gendarmerie: 148,700[36] Police: 225,000 Village Guards: 65,000[37] Total: 948,550 (not all directly involved in the conflict) | PKK: 4,000–32,800[38][39]
PJAK: 1,000[40]–3,000[41] TAK: A few dozen[42] Total: ≈5,000–32,800[39] |
നാശനഷ്ടങ്ങൾ |
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Before 2015: 5,347 soldiers, 283 police officers and 1,466 village guards killed, 95 captured (24 currently held)[43][44] 2015-present: 1,166 killed
Total: 8,266 killed and 21,128 wounded [45][46] | Total: 34,948-47,074 killed and 22,703+ captured (Turkish claim)[47][48][49] |
Total killed: 50,000–55,000[50][51]
Civilian casualties:
6,741 killed and 14,257 wounded by the PKK (Turkish claim)[46]
18,000–20,000 Kurds executed and 2,400–4,000+ villages destroyed by the Turkish government (independent human rights reports and other estimates)[52][53][54][55]
3,000,000+ displaced[56] |
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.[57][58][59][60][61] |