<Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> PKK - Turkey Conflict ( 1978 -- present ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Kurdish rebellions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Thematic map , general view over the Kurdish -- Turkish conflict </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> c. 27 November 1978 -- present ( 39 years , 1 month and 3 weeks ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Eastern and Southeastern Turkey , spillovers in Northern Iraq and Northern Syria </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Status </Th> <Td> <P> Ongoing : </P> <Ul> <Li> Peace process attempt during 2012 -- 15 </Li> <Li> Escalation since September 2014 due to Kobane crisis </Li> <Li> Renewed warfare since July 2015 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Turkey </P> <Ul> <Li> Turkish Armed Forces <Ul> <Li> Special Forces </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Turkish National Police <Ul> <Li> PÖH </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> JİTEM </Li> </Ul> <P> Other forces : </P> <Ul> <Li> Some Kurdish tribes </Li> <Li> Village Guards </Li> <Li> Grey Wolves </Li> <Li> Turkish Revenge Brigade </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Deep state </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Kurdistan Communities Union ( KCK ) </P> <Ul> <Li> PKK <Ul> <Li> HPG </Li> <Li> YJA - STAR </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> PJAK </Li> </Ul> <P> YDG - H : </P> <Ul> <Li> YPS </Li> <Li> YPS - Jin </Li> </Ul> <P> HBDH </P> <Ul> <Li> TKP / ML - TİKKO </Li> <Li> MKP - HKO - PHG </Li> <Li> MLKP </Li> <Li> THKP - C / MLSPB - DC </Li> <Li> TKEP / L </Li> <Li> Devrimci Karargâh </Li> </Ul> <P> TAK </P> Supported by : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Armenia </Li> <Li> Cyprus </Li> <Li> Greece </Li> <Li> Russia </Li> <Li> Soviet Union ( until 1991 ) </Li> <Li> Iran </Li> <Li> Syria ( until October 1998 ; from 2012 ) </Li> <Li> Iraq ( until 2003 ) </Li> <Li> Libya ( until 2006 ) </Li> <Li> Egypt ( since 2016 allegedly ) </Li> <Li> ASALA ( 1970s -- 1988 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Current commanders Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Binali Yıldırım Hulusi Akar </P> Past commanders : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Osman Pamukoğlu </Li> <Li> Kenan Evren </Li> <Li> Turgut Özal </Li> <Li> Süleyman Demirel </Li> <Li> Ahmet Necdet Sezer </Li> <Li> Bülent Ecevit </Li> <Li> Mesut Yılmaz </Li> <Li> Necmettin Erbakan </Li> <Li> Tansu Çiller </Li> <Li> Işık Koşaner </Li> <Li> İlker Başbuğ </Li> <Li> Yaşar Büyükanıt </Li> <Li> Hilmi Özkök </Li> <Li> Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu </Li> <Li> İsmail Hakkı Karadayı </Li> <Li> Doğan Güreş </Li> <Li> Necip Torumtay </Li> <Li> Necdet Üruğ </Li> <Li> Nurettin Ersin </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Current commanders Murat Karayılan Bahoz Erdal Cemil Bayık Hülya Eroğlu † Mustafa Karasu Duran Kalkan Ali Haydar Kaytan ( tr ) Zübeyir Aydar Haji Ahmadi </P> Past commanders : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Abdullah Öcalan ( POW ) </Li> <Li> Şemdin Sakık ( POW ) </Li> <Li> Osman Öcalan </Li> <Li> Mahsum Korkmaz † </Li> <Li> Nizamettin Taş </Li> <Li> Mazlum Doğan ( POW ) </Li> <Li> Celal Başkale † </Li> <Li> Kani Yılmaz † </Li> <Li> Hüseyin Yıldırım </Li> <Li> Haki Karer † </Li> <Li> Halil Atac </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Turkish Armed Forces : 639,551 : Gendarmerie : 148,700 Police : 225,000 Village Guards : 65,000 Total : 948,550 ( not all directly involved in the conflict ) </Td> <Td> <P> PKK : 4,000 -- 32,800 </P> PJAK : 1,000 -- 3,000 TAK : A few dozen Total : ≈ 5,000 -- 32,800 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Before 2015 : 5,347 soldiers , 283 police officers and 1,466 village guards killed , 95 captured ( 24 currently held ) 2015 - present : 1,036 killed Total : 8,266 killed and 21,128 wounded </Td> <Td> Total : 34,948 - 47,074 + killed and 22,703 + captured ( Turkish claim ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <P> Total killed : 50,000 -- 55,000 </P> <P> Civilian Casualties : 6,741 killed and 14,257 wounded ( Turkish claim ) 5,000 killed ( until 2000 ; 3,438 by the Turkish government & 1,205 by the PKK ; independent research and NGOs ) 18,000 -- 20,000 Kurds executed and 2,400 -- 4,000 + villages destroyed by the Turkish government ( independent human rights reports and other estimates ) </P> 3,000,000 + displaced </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Turkish Hezbollah also known as Kurdish Hezbollah or just Hizbullah in Turkey , is a mainly Sunni Islamist militant organization , active against the Kurdistan Workers ' Party ( PKK
<Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> PKK - Turkey Conflict ( 1978 -- present ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Part of the Kurdish rebellions </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Thematic map , general view over the Kurdish -- Turkish conflict </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> c. 27 November 1978 -- present ( 39 years , 1 month and 3 weeks ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Eastern and Southeastern Turkey , spillovers in Northern Iraq and Northern Syria </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Status </Th> <Td> <P> Ongoing : </P> <Ul> <Li> Peace process attempt during 2012 -- 15 </Li> <Li> Escalation since September 2014 due to Kobane crisis </Li> <Li> Renewed warfare since July 2015 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Turkey </P> <Ul> <Li> Turkish Armed Forces <Ul> <Li> Special Forces </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Turkish National Police <Ul> <Li> PÖH </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> JİTEM </Li> </Ul> <P> Other forces : </P> <Ul> <Li> Some Kurdish tribes </Li> <Li> Village Guards </Li> <Li> Grey Wolves </Li> <Li> Turkish Revenge Brigade </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Deep state </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Kurdistan Communities Union ( KCK ) </P> <Ul> <Li> PKK <Ul> <Li> HPG </Li> <Li> YJA - STAR </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> PJAK </Li> </Ul> <P> YDG - H : </P> <Ul> <Li> YPS </Li> <Li> YPS - Jin </Li> </Ul> <P> HBDH </P> <Ul> <Li> TKP / ML - TİKKO </Li> <Li> MKP - HKO - PHG </Li> <Li> MLKP </Li> <Li> THKP - C / MLSPB - DC </Li> <Li> TKEP / L </Li> <Li> Devrimci Karargâh </Li> </Ul> <P> TAK </P> Supported by : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Armenia </Li> <Li> Cyprus </Li> <Li> Greece </Li> <Li> Russia </Li> <Li> Soviet Union ( until 1991 ) </Li> <Li> Iran </Li> <Li> Syria ( until October 1998 ; from 2012 ) </Li> <Li> Iraq ( until 2003 ) </Li> <Li> Libya ( until 2006 ) </Li> <Li> Egypt ( since 2016 allegedly ) </Li> <Li> ASALA ( 1970s -- 1988 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Current commanders Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Binali Yıldırım Hulusi Akar </P> Past commanders : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Osman Pamukoğlu </Li> <Li> Kenan Evren </Li> <Li> Turgut Özal </Li> <Li> Süleyman Demirel </Li> <Li> Ahmet Necdet Sezer </Li> <Li> Bülent Ecevit </Li> <Li> Mesut Yılmaz </Li> <Li> Necmettin Erbakan </Li> <Li> Tansu Çiller </Li> <Li> Işık Koşaner </Li> <Li> İlker Başbuğ </Li> <Li> Yaşar Büyükanıt </Li> <Li> Hilmi Özkök </Li> <Li> Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu </Li> <Li> İsmail Hakkı Karadayı </Li> <Li> Doğan Güreş </Li> <Li> Necip Torumtay </Li> <Li> Necdet Üruğ </Li> <Li> Nurettin Ersin </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <P> Current commanders Murat Karayılan Bahoz Erdal Cemil Bayık Hülya Eroğlu † Mustafa Karasu Duran Kalkan Ali Haydar Kaytan ( tr ) Zübeyir Aydar Haji Ahmadi </P> Past commanders : ( show ) <Ul> <Li> Abdullah Öcalan ( POW ) </Li> <Li> Şemdin Sakık ( POW ) </Li> <Li> Osman Öcalan </Li> <Li> Mahsum Korkmaz † </Li> <Li> Nizamettin Taş </Li> <Li> Mazlum Doğan ( POW ) </Li> <Li> Celal Başkale † </Li> <Li> Kani Yılmaz † </Li> <Li> Hüseyin Yıldırım </Li> <Li> Haki Karer † </Li> <Li> Halil Atac </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Turkish Armed Forces : 639,551 : Gendarmerie : 148,700 Police : 225,000 Village Guards : 65,000 Total : 948,550 ( not all directly involved in the conflict ) </Td> <Td> <P> PKK : 4,000 -- 32,800 </P> PJAK : 1,000 -- 3,000 TAK : A few dozen Total : ≈ 5,000 -- 32,800 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Before 2015 : 5,347 soldiers , 283 police officers and 1,466 village guards killed , 95 captured ( 24 currently held ) 2015 - present : 1,036 killed Total : 8,266 killed and 21,128 wounded </Td> <Td> Total : 34,948 - 47,074 + killed and 22,703 + captured ( Turkish claim ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <P> Total killed : 50,000 -- 55,000 </P> <P> Civilian Casualties : 6,741 killed and 14,257 wounded ( Turkish claim ) 5,000 killed ( until 2000 ; 3,438 by the Turkish government & 1,205 by the PKK ; independent research and NGOs ) 18,000 -- 20,000 Kurds executed and 2,400 -- 4,000 + villages destroyed by the Turkish government ( independent human rights reports and other estimates ) </P> 3,000,000 + displaced </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Turkish Hezbollah also known as Kurdish Hezbollah or just Hizbullah in Turkey , is a mainly Sunni Islamist militant organization , active against the Kurdistan Workers ' Party ( PKK
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