Conflict: | Winter campaign of 1994–1995 |
Partof: | the Kurdish–Turkish conflict |
Place: | Southeastern Turkey |
Date: | November 1994-March 1995 |
Result: | Decisive Turkish Victory
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Combatant1: | Turkish Armed Forces |
Combatant2: | Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) |
Commander1: | İsmail Hakkı Karadayı Aydın İlter Halis Burhan |
Commander2: | Abdullah Öcalan |
Strength1: | 150,000+ troops[2] |
Strength2: | 30,000+ militants[3] |
Casualties1: | 173 security forces killed [4] |
Casualties2: | 6,000+ militants killed[5] |
In November 1994, the Turkish military launched a winter campaign in South-Eastern and Eastern Turkey to cut rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), who were active in the region, off from their winter supplies. The campaign continued until March 20, 1995, when the Turkish government launched an offensive into Iraqi Kurdistan to dislodge the PKK from its bases before the spring.