On 1 June 2004 , the PKK resumed its armed activities because they claimed Turkish government was ignoring their calls for negotiations and was still attacking their forces . The government claimed that in that same month some 2,000 Kurdish guerrillas entered Turkey via Iraqi Kurdistan . The PKK , lacking a state sponsor or the kind of manpower they had in the 90s , was forced to take up new tactics . As result , it reduced the size of its field units from 15 – 20 militants to 6 – 8 militants . It also avoided direct confrontations and relied more on the use of mines , snipers and small ambushes , using hit and run tactics . Another change in PKK-tactics was that the organisation no longer attempted to control any territory , not even after dark . Nonetheless , violence increased throughout both 2004 and 2005 during which the PKK was said to be responsible for dozens of bombings in Western Turkey throughout 2005 . Most notably the 2005 Kuşadası minibus bombing , which killed 5 and injured 14 people , although the PKK denied responsibility
2005 Kuşadası minibus bombing
2005 Kuşadası minibus bombing
Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)