List of Turkish Armed Forces operations in Northern Iraq

The Kurdish-Turkish conflict spilled over into Iraqi Kurdistan in 1992, and has continued there intermittently since. The Turkish Armed Forces has launched a series of operations in Northern Iraq against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[8] More than 37,000 people have been killed in the conflict since 1984.[9]

Kurdish-Turkish conflict
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict; Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
Date1992 – present
Location
Result Ongoing
Belligerents

 Turkey


Previous:
KDP (1992, 1995, 1997)[1][2]

PUK (1992)[1][2]

PKK
PJAK[3]


Previous:

PUK (1997)[4]
Casualties and losses
273 killed
739 wounded[5]
1 AH-1 Cobra helicopter lost[6]
(Turkish claim)
6,325 killed
1,700 captured,[5]
(Turkish claim)
6,800+ displaced[7]

According to the Turkish government, the total number of Turkish fatalities in Iraq has been 273 dead and 739 injured. It claims to have killed 6,325 and captured 1,700 PKK guerrillas in the country.[5]

Operation Northern Iraq

Date Country Operation Pro-Turkish parties Anti-Turkish parties Pro-Turkish forces (injured) Anti-Turkish forces (captured)
5 October 1992 – 15 November 1992
(1 month, 1 week and 3 days)
Iraq Operation Northern Iraq  Turkey
PUK
KDP
PKK 1551 (1232) 28 (125)
Date Country Operation Parties Turkish forces (injured) Pro-PKK's forces (captured)
20 March 1995 – 4 May 1995IraqOperation Steel555 (13)64 (185)
12 May 1997 – 7 July 1997IraqOperation Hammer2730 (418) 114 (338)
25 September 1997 – 15 October 1997IraqOperation Dawn865 (37) 31 (91)
21 February 2008 – 29 February 2008IraqOperation Sun240 27[10][11][12]
25 April 2017Syria, Iraq2017 Turkish airstrikes in Syria and Iraq010
28 May 2019 – presentIraqOperation Claw (2019)41717[13] Total:501-501+932~3,1557,570-11,602 (1,737)

See also

References

  1. Iraq – Kurds (1961 – first combat deaths), January 2005
  2. Turkey (1984–2002) Archived 2011-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, March 2003
  3. Page 2
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 2012-11-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Ve Sonuç". Hürriyet. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  6. BBC news online-Turkey admits loss of Helicopter
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2011-05-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Council Decision", Council of the European Union, December 21, 2005
  9. "Kurdish rebels kill Turkey troops". BBC News. 8 April 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-07. Retrieved 2011-04-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-neutralizes-58-pkk-terrorists-in-north-iraq-3483957
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