1992 cross-border operation
October 1992 Turkish attack on Hakurk CampTurkish : Ekim 1992 Hakurk Kampı saldırısı Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) Date 12 October – 1 November 1992[ 1] Location Result
Decisive Turkish Victory
PKK's heavily defended and fortified Hakurk Camp is destroyed.
KRG –PKK cease-fire
2 captured Turkish soldiers rescued by Turkish forces
All routes between Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan re-opened Territorial changes
PKK flees from Hakurk Region.
Belligerents
Turkey
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Commanders and leaders
Unknown
Abdullah Öcalan [ 2] Faruk Bozkur Murat Karayılan Units involved
5th Commando Brigade
Brigade Headquarters
1st Commando Battalion, Order 70/4, 71/1, 71/2
2nd Commando Battalion, Order 71/3, 71/4
3rd Commando Battalion, Order 72/1, 72/2
Artillery Battalion, Order 71/1, 71/3
Special Forces Command
309th Combat Search and Rescue
Hakkâri 12th Land And Air Aviation Squadron
Hakkâri Assault Helicopter Battalion
Hakurk Region Camp Strength
2,512 Commandos[ 3] 36 Special Forces personnel[ 4] 30 Helicopter pilots
10,000+ PKK members[ 5] [ 6] Casualties and losses
14 killed[ 7] [ 8]
1,551 killed[ 9] 2,600+ captured[ 10] 2,700 wounded[ 11]
No civillian losses.
October 1992 Turkish attack on Hakurk Camp (Turkish : Ekim 1992 Hakurk Kampı saldırısı ) was a cross-border operation by the Turkish Armed Forces into northern Iraq between 12 October and 1 November 1992, that was conducted during the October 1992 Turkish incursion into Northern Iraq, against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which is listed as a terrorist organization internationally by a number of states and organizations , including the United States, NATO and the EU .[ 12] More than 70,000 people have been killed in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict since 1984.[ 13]
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