Kurdish–Turkish conflict
August 15, 1984
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.
Battles and events 8
August 15, 1984
1984 PKK attacks
Start of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
March 26, 1994
March 20 – May 4, 1995
May 12 – July 7, 1997
Operation Hammer (1997)
Turkish and KDP victory
Kurdistan Region of Iraq
Jalal Talabani, Masoud Barzani
September 25 – October 15, 1997
October 21, 2007
December 28, 2011
June 7, 2016
Key commanders
Turkey 9
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
Masoud Barzani
military commander
