2015 Hakkari assault

2015 Hakkari assault
June–2015 South-Eastern Hakkari assault
Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
DatePhases:
  • September–November 2015 (duration of assault) [1]
  • July–September 2015 (duration of limited scale operations) [1]
Location
Hakkâri Province, Turkey
Result

Turkish victory

  • Successful operation.
Belligerents
 Turkey Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Casualties and losses
6 killed[2] 119 killed[2][3]

2015 South-Western Hakkari assault[2] refers to a large-scale operation of the Turkish military against Kurdish insurgents in the mountains of south-eastern Turkey, within the frame of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict resulting in the elimination of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) mountain force structure network resulting in 119 militants killed and an estimated thousands of militants retreating to Iraq. The large scale assault was launched early September 2015 by the Turkish Army commando battalions and concluded in early November 2015.[4][3]

  1. ^ a b "Turkey: '31 PKK terrorists' killed in Hakkari operation". Anadolu Agency.
  2. ^ a b c Middle East News Rudaw
  3. ^ a b "Turkish military clears PKK bases in southeastern Hakkari, kills 119 terrorists". DailySabah. 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Turkey breaks new ground in southeast reconstruction - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". Al-Monitor.