October 1992 Turkish attack on Hakurk Camp

This article is about the 1992 event. For the 2008 event, see 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq.
October 1992 Turkish attack on Hakurk Camp
Turkish: Ekim 1992 Hakurk Kampı saldırısı
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)
Date12 October – 1 November 1992[1]
Location
Iraqi Kurdistan
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]

  1. ^ Irak'a yapılan en büyük kara harekatı Archived 2016-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, 20 October 2011 (DHA)
  2. ^ Kurdistan - Turkey
  3. ^ https://www.videoloji.net/game/3350/Kan-Uykusu-Belgeseli-Full.html [bare URL]
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160103053102/http://www.gazetevatan.com/efsane-gercekmis--526639-gundem/ [bare URL]
  5. ^ Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,MARP,,TUR,,469f38e91e,0.html Chronology for Kurds in Turkey
  7. ^ "Kuzey Irak harekatı (5 Ekim - 15 Kasım 1992)". Hürriyet. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  8. ^ https://www.21yyte.org/assets/uploads/files/Ter%C3%B6rle%20M%C3%BCcadelede%20Verdi%C4%9Fimiz%20%C5%9Eehitler%20Tarihe%20G%C3%B6re%20S%C4%B1ral%C4%B1%281%29.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  9. ^ "Kuzey Irak harekatı (5 Ekim - 15 Kasım 1992)". Hürriyet. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  10. ^ "Kuzey Irak harekatı (5 Ekim - 15 Kasım 1992)". Hürriyet. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  11. ^ http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,MARP,,TUR,,469f38e91e,0.html Chronology for Kurds in Turkey
  12. ^ "Council Decision", Council of the European Union, December 21, 2005
  13. ^ "Kurdish rebels kill Turkey troops". BBC News. 2007-04-08. Retrieved 2010-05-20.