Kurdish–Turkish conflict

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armed conflict asymmetric warfare ethnic 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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Surface form Occurrences
Turkey–PKK conflict in Iraqi Kurdistan 1

Statements (58)

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 ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of 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 Kurdistan Regional Government ⓘ
surface form: Iraqi Kurdistan

northern Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Northern Iraq

Southeastern Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern Turkey

northern Syria ⓘ
surface form: Syrian–Turkish border regions

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 ⓘ
surface form: Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)

Kurdistan Workers’ Party ⓘ
surface form: PKK

People’s Defence Forces (HPG) ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Turkey

TAK ⓘ
relatedOrganization Ministry of Interior of Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Gendarmerie General Command (Turkey)

Justice and Development Party ⓘ
surface form: Justice and Development Party (AKP)

Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) ⓘ
Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) ⓘ
Armed Forces of Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Turkish Armed Forces

Village guard system (Turkey) ⓘ
relatedTo Iraqi Kurdish rebellions ⓘ
surface form: Kurdish–Iraqi conflict

Syrian Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Syrian civil war

Kurdish–Turkish conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Turkey–PKK conflict in Iraqi Kurdistan
significantEvent PKK insurgency beginning in 1984 ⓘ
startTime 1978 ⓘ
status ongoing with intermittent ceasefires ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kurds → associatedConflict → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
Kurdistan → hasConflict → Kurdish–Turkish conflict ⓘ
Kurdish–Turkish conflict → relatedTo → Kurdish–Turkish conflict self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Turkey–PKK conflict in Iraqi Kurdistan