Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency

Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Date1983–present (41 years)
Main phase: 1995–2002 (7 years)
Location
Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Kurdish Hezbollah
Supported by:
HIK (1993-2004)
IMK (until disarmament)
Iran Iran (alleged)
PKK (alleged)
 Turkey
Commanders and leaders
Hüseyin Velioğlu  
Edip Gümüş (POW)
Cemal Tutar (POW)
İsa Altsoy Surrendered
Turkey Süleyman Demirel
Turkey Tansu Çiller
Turkey Mesut Yılmaz
Turkey Necmettin Erbakan
Turkey Bülent Ecevit
Turkey Abdullah Gül
Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey Gaffar Okkan X
Units involved
Military wing

Turkish Armed Forces

Ministry of Interior

National Intelligence Organization

The Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency was a period of assassinations, armed clashes, kidnappings, and other assaults led by the Kurdish Hezbollah between the 1980s and 2000s. The insurgency started when Kurdish Hezbollah was first founded, and was led by Hüseyin Velioğlu until he was killed by Turkish police in 2000, and then by İsa Altsoy from 2001 until he announced the group's disarmament in 2002. Occasional Turkish government raids against Hezbollah have continued and the conflict is still ongoing.