, image= , image_size= 300px , width= 300px , caption=Commandos from the 1st Commando Company, 3rd Team, Task Force 2/A inserting near Hakurk via Sikorskys. , partof=the

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, place= Iraqi Kurdistan , date=12 October – 1 November 1992 , 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 , territory= PKK flees from Hakurk Region. , combatant1= , combatant2=

Kurdistan Workers' Party The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement, which historically operated throughout Kurdistan, but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of south ...

(PKK) , units1= 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 *9 UH-60 *2

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Hakkâri Assault Helicopter Battalion *2

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*2 AH-1P , units2= Hakurk Region Camp , commander1= Unknown , commander2=

Abdullah Öcalan Abdullah Öcalan ( ; ; born 4 April 1949), also known as Apo (short for Abdullah in Turkish and Kurdish for "uncle"), is a political prisoner and founding member of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Öcalan was based in Syria from ...

Faruk Bozkur
Murat Karayılan , strength1=2,512 Commandos
36 Special Forces personnel
30 Helicopter pilots , strength2=10,000+ PKK members , casualties1=14 killed , casualties2=1,551 killed
2,600+ captured
2,700 wounded , casualties3= No civillian losses. , notes= October 1992 Turkish attack on Hakurk Camp ( tr, Ekim 1992 Hakurk Kampı saldırısı) was a cross-border operation by the

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into northern

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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

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organization internationally by a number of states and organizations, including the United States,

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and the EU."Council Decision"

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, December 21, 2005 More than 70,000 people have been killed in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict since 1984.

Prelude

On April 8, 1992, Iraqi Kurdish leaders agreed to stop the PKK's raids into Turkey from their territory in an attempt to create good relations with Turkey. In response, the PKK cut supply routes from Turkey to Iraqi Kurdistan on July 31. To re-open the supply roots, Peshmerga loyal to the

Kurdistan Democratic Party The Kurdistan Democratic Party ( ku, Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê; پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان), usually abbreviated as KDP or PDK, is the largest party in Iraqi Kurdistan and the senior partner in the Kurdistan Regional Gov ...

and the

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK; ku, یەکێتیی نیشتمانیی کوردستان, translit=Yekîtiya Nîştimanî ya Kurdistanê) is a political party active in Kurdistan Region and the disputed territories in Iraq. The PUK describe ...

(Iraqi Kurdistan's ruling parties), started an offensive on October 4 to drive the PKK from northern Iraq.

The Operation

On August 6, the Turkish Air Force launched air raids to support Iraqi Kurdish forces in their offensive against the PKK. After the air raids, Turkey launched an operation against the PKK, with 2,500 commandos, backed by APCs, helicopters, and aircraft. It was estimated the PKK had over 10,000 fighters in the region. Turkey killed and captured 2,783 PKK fighters and wounded 2,700 by November 5, with another 1,000 surrendering to Iraqi Kurdish forces, a number which rose to 1,400 by 12 November. In mid-November Turkish forces started to withdraw the region after occupying Hakurk. According to PKK authorities, the PKK had only lost 150 fighters during the operation. As a result of the operation, Hakurk Camp was not getting any support from other regions inside Iraq so they were running out of men and supplies, PKK commanders also found it increasingly difficult to communicate with

, who was in Syria at the time. Therefore, his brother Osman Öcalan agreed to meet with

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Fuad Masum on October 30 to negotiate. The negotiations were supported by Faruk Bozkur but were opposed by Murat Karayılan, which were the two other main commanders in northern Iraq.Page 203-206
On November 17, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the PKK reached a truce accord under which the PKK would re-open all routes to Turkey and release 2 captured Turkish soldiers.http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,MARP,,TUR,,469f38e91e,0.html Chronology for Kurds in Turkey A buffer zone between Iraq and Turkey was to be created to prevent further PKK activities, however, according to Turkish officials this did not happen due to a lack of cooperation from the KRG.

References

{{Turkey–Kurdistan Workers Party conflict History of the Kurdistan Workers' Party 1992 in Turkey 1992 in Iraqi Kurdistan Conflicts in 1992 Cross-border operations of Turkey into Iraq October 1992 events in Iraq November 1992 events in Iraq

Prelude

The Operation

See also

References