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On July 16, two Turkish planes were downed and their pilots were killed by the Kurds. [50] Aerial bombardment continued for several days and forced Kurds to withdraw to the height of 5,000 meters. By July 21, bombardment had destroyed many Kurdish forts. During these operations, Turkish military mobilized 66,000 soldiers and 100 aircraft. [51]
The 2021 Konya massacre was the killing of a Kurdish family in Turkey. 4 women and 3 men were killed as a result. [13] [14] According to an interview given by members of the family to Duvar, the attackers where close to the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) who did not want to permit Kurds to live in the neighborhood.
3 killed: Turkey claimed the airstrike which killed Bozkir and two others, [60] [61] claiming Bozkir, the camp manager, to be a senior PKK official and the camp to be "an incubator for terrorism". [60] The Makhmour camp was created in the 1990s, hosting refugees fleeing South-Eastern Turkey's destruction. [62] 16-17 August 2021 Seîd Hesen: Turkey
The 15 August 1984 PKK attacks, which were led by Mahsum Korkmaz (known as "Agit"), [2] marked the start of the last phase of Kurdish–Turkish conflict. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Since the PKK's second party Congress, which was held from 20 to 25 August 1982 in Daraa , Syria, it was decided that the PKK would start preparing for an insurgency inside Turkey.
On 21 August, a PKK militant whom was on Turkey's most wanted list was killed by a police raid in Ordu. The militant was responsible for an attack that killed 3 soldiers in Turkey's south-east. [273] On 24 August, 5 Turkish soldiers were killed in PKK rocket attacks on a military outpost in Lice. [282]
This is the timeline of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict.The Kurdish insurgency is an armed conflict between the Republic of Turkey and various Kurdish insurgent groups, [1] [2] which have demanded separation from Turkey to create an independent Kurdistan, [3] [4] or to have autonomy [5] and greater political and cultural rights for Kurds in Turkey. [6]
While the Turkish Government states there was no racism involved, pro-Kurdish politicians and also the Kurdish media speak of a racist attack. [12] The Turkish Minister of the Interior Süleyman Soylu and other Turkish officials denied an ethnic motive behind the murders and blamed it on a decade old feud between two families. [ 13 ]
The Kurds of Georgia also became victims of Stalin's purges in 1944. [13] [14] Between 1979 and 1989, the Kurdish population in Georgia increased 30%. [6] Many Kurds have immigrated from Armenia. [15] The largest Kurdish population in 1989 was found in the capital Tbilisi. [15] When Georgia became independent, the Kurdish population in Georgia ...