Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict and the Spillover of the Syrian civil war
Date24 July 2015 – present
(6 years, 11 months and 6 days)
Location
Eastern and Southeastern Turkey, Northern Syria, Northern Iraq
StatusOngoing
Belligerents
 Turkey

Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK)

  • PKK
    • PDF
    • YJA-STAR
  • PYD
    • PPU
    • YPJ
  • PFLK

YDG-H:

  • CPU
  • YPS-Jin
PURM
Kurdistan Freedom Hawks
Commanders and leaders
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Yaşar Güler (since 10 July 2018)
Hulusi Akar (from 18 August 2015 to 10 July 2018)
Necdet Özel (until 18 August 2015)
Mirad Qarayîlan
Bahoz Erdal
Cemil Bayık
Hülya Eroğlu (senior council member)
Ayfer Kordu (senior council member)
Units involved

Turkish Armed Forces

  • Flag of Turkish Land Forces Command.svg Land Forces
    • Special Forces
  • Flag of Turkish General Command of Gendarmerie.svg Gendarmerie
    • JÖH
    • JİTEM
  • Flag of Turkish Air Force Command.svg Air Force

Turkish National Police

  • PÖH

Village Guards


Other forces:
Grey Wolves

PKK

  • KCK
  • HPG
  • YJA-STAR

PJAK
YDG-H

  • YPS
  • YPS-Jin (since 2016)
HBDH
Strength
Around 10,000 Turkish police and military personnel
360,000 active military personnel
244,000 Police forces
(2015 figures, of which not all are directly involved)
233,000 Security Guards
54,000 Village Guards
4,000–33,000
Less than 180 left inside Turkey (per Turkey's Ministry of the Internal Affairs)
Casualties and losses
1,346 security forces killed(per the Crisis Group)
1,129 security forces killed(per Turkey; as of Sept. 2020)
7,183–9,327 security forces killed(per PKK; as of Jan. 2017)
3,861 militants killed(per the Crisis Group)
33,584 militants killed, wounded, or captured(per Turkey, includes Syrian civil war)
1,181 militants killed(per PKK; as of Jan. 2017)
597 civilians killed(per the Crisis Group)
226 unidentified killed(civilians or militants; per the Crisis Group)
535 civilians killed(per Turkey)
500–1,000 civilians killed(per HDP)
2,000 killed in total(per UN; as of March 2017)
500,000 displaced(per the Crisis Group)