Kurdish–Turkish conflict

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The Kurdish–Turkish conflict is a long-running armed and political struggle between the Turkish state and various Kurdish groups, primarily over Kurdish autonomy, cultural rights, and political recognition in Turkey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
asymmetric warfare
ethnic conflict
cause Kurdish cultural rights
Kurdish demands for autonomy
political recognition of Kurds in Turkey
state repression of Kurdish identity
civilianImpact destruction of villages in southeastern Turkey
large-scale internal displacement of Kurds
conflictBetween Kurdish insurgent groups
Republic of Turkey
linked to: Turkey
deathTollEstimate tens of thousands of people killed
governmentResponse cross-border operations into northern Iraq
emergency rule in Kurdish-majority provinces
military operations in southeastern Turkey
village evacuations and depopulation
hasAspect armed struggle
counterinsurgency operations
forced displacement
human rights violations
peace negotiations
political struggle
terrorism
ideologicalAspect Kurdish nationalism
Turkish nationalism
left-wing insurgency
languagePolicyIssue ban and restrictions on Kurdish language in Turkey
location Iraqi Kurdistan
Northern Iraq
linked to: northern Iraq

Southeastern Turkey
Syrian–Turkish border regions
linked to: northern Syria

Turkey
peaceProcess 2013–2015 solution process in Turkey
peakPhase 1990s
post-2015 escalation
politicalDemand decentralization in Turkey
recognition of Kurds as a distinct people in Turkey
primaryParty Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey)
Kurdish civilians
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
Kurdistan Workers’ Party
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
PKK
People’s Defence Forces (HPG)
Republic of Turkey
linked to: Turkey

TAK
relatedOrganization Gendarmerie General Command (Turkey)
Justice and Development Party (AKP)
Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK)
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)
Turkish Armed Forces
Village guard system (Turkey)
relatedTo Kurdish–Iraqi conflict
Syrian civil war
linked to: Syrian Civil War

Turkey–PKK conflict in Iraqi Kurdistan
significantEvent PKK insurgency beginning in 1984
startTime 1978
status ongoing with intermittent ceasefires

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Kurds associatedConflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Kurdish–Turkish conflict relatedTo Turkey–PKK conflict in Iraqi Kurdistan
linked to: Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Kurdistan hasConflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict
İmralı Island associatedWith Turkish–Kurdish conflict
linked to: Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Kurdistan Workers’ Party conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Kurdish Hezbollah (Turkey) conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict
TAK conflictInvolvedIn Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Village guard system (Turkey) conflict Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Village guard system (Turkey) relatedTo Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Iraq–Turkey border hasSecurityIssue PKK insurgency
linked to: Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Şırnak hasNearbyConflictHistory Kurdish–Turkish conflict