Contemporary era · 1978

Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency

From 1978 until 2025, the Republic of Turkey was in an armed conflict with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê) as well as its allied insurgent groups, both Kurdish and non-Kurdish. The initial core demand of the PKK was its separation from Turkey to create an independent Kurdistan.

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Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency · Wikimedia Commons

When: 1978
Where: Eastern Anatolia Region
Era: Contemporary

Topics

Iraq2,350 BCE – today Syria1,274 BCE – today Turkey1,258 BCE – today

Before and after

Coastal road massacre1978 Maraş massacre1978 Show on timeline

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