Kurdish–Turkish conflict
August 15, 1984 · Diyarbakır
Result 2025 PKK–Turkey peace process
Armed conflict between Turkey and the PKK over Kurdish rights and autonomy, which has killed about 40,000 people.
Turkey
PKK
Other
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
President of Turkey, Led peace talks and later offensives
Kenan Evren
military commander
Fahri Korutürk
military commander
Süleyman Demirel
military commander
Ahmet Necdet Sezer
military commander
Turgut Özal
belligerent leader
Ali Yerlikaya
military commander
Yaşar Güler
military commander
Battles and events 8
- 1984 PKK attacks August 15, 1984 · Start of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Kuşkonar and Koçağılı massacre March 26, 1994
- Operation Steel March 20 – May 4, 1995 · Turkish victory
- Operation Hammer (1997) May 12 – July 7, 1997 · Turkish and KDP victory
- Operation Dawn (1997) September 25 – October 15, 1997 · Turkish and KDP victory
- October 2007 clashes in Hakkâri October 21, 2007
- Roboski massacre December 28, 2011
- June 2016 Istanbul bombing June 7, 2016