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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Generate an image of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Koçgiri Rebellion → partOf → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
Turkish–Syrian border area → affectedBy → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
Rojava conflict → relatedTo → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
Abdullah Öcalan → movement → Kurdish national movement ⓘ
linked to: Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Kurdish democratic confederalism → associatedWith → Kurdish freedom movement ⓘ
linked to: Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Masoud Barzani → movement → Kurdish national movement ⓘ
linked to: Kurdish–Turkish conflict
June 2015 Turkish general election → mainIssue → Kurdish peace process ⓘ
linked to: Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Musa Anter Peace and Friendship Award → relatedTo → Kurdish–Turkish peace process ⓘ
linked to: Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Teyrêbazên Azadîya Kurdistanê → conflictInvolvedIn → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
HPG → conflictInvolvedIn → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
KCK → associatedWith → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
korucu system → conflict → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
Cemil Bayık → activeIn → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
People’s Defense Forces → conflict → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê → conflict → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
Kesire Yıldırım → conflictInvolvement → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
Qandil Mountains → hasStrategicImportanceFor → Turkey–PKK conflict ⓘ
linked to: Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Qandil Mountains → conflictZone → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
Turkish Special Forces → engagement → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ