 Turkey yakanyunyuta pamusoro pekufungidzirwa kuvapo kwemauto ane hukama nePKK kumuganhu wayo wekumaodzanyemba kubvira 2012, apo maYPG ekutanga akaonekwa panguva yeHondo yeVanhu yeSyria. Kutevera Kukombwa kweKobanî muna 2014uye kuwedzera kweYPGSDF mauto nehurumende, hurumende yaErdogan yakaona simba iri sekutyisidzira kuchengetedzwa kwenyika. Hurongwa hwerunyararo hwa2013-2015 hwakakundikana muna Chikunguru 2015, zvichikonzera hondo yakazara pakati pePKK nemauto eTurkey. Kufanana nedzimwe nharaunda dziri kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweTurkey, nharaunda dziri kuchamhembe kwemuganhu neSyria dzave nekufa kwakawanda kwakabatana nePKK. Maererano neCrisis Group kuongororwa kwehuwandu hwevakafa kwakavakirwa pahurumende yeTurkey uye zvinyorwa zveTurkey zvemapepanhau, matunhu emuganhu kuchamhembe kwenzvimbo dzinotongwa neSDF chete aive nemasimba masere ekuchengetedza eTurkey uye vanhu vashanu vakaurayiwa mumhirizhonga ine chekuita nePKK muna 2018 na2019 pamberi pekurwiswa. Dunhu reŞırnak, kuchamhembe kweSyria neIraq, raive nemasimba ekuchengetedza makumi maviri nematanhatu uye vanhu vatanhatu vakafa panguva imwecheteyo. Crisis Group haisi kutaura kana PKK-yakabatana kufa kwakabatana neSyrias YPG neSDF, kana kubva kuTurkey kana PKK yeIraq. 