Turkish military operation against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Operation Murat
Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Diyarbakır-Bingöl-Bitlis triangle
Date
23 April – 7 May 1998[1]
Location
Triangle inside of the Diyarbakır, Bingöl and Bitlis districts.
Result
Operation Successful
All PKK militants inside the triangle are neutralized
Belligerents
Turkish Armed Forces
PKK
Commanders and leaders
Nahit Şenoğul [tr][2]
Mahmut Gün †[3]
Units involved
7th Corps
8th Corps
9th Corps
Gendarmerie General Command
City and District Region Gendarmerie Group Commands
Gendarmerie Special Operations
Village Guards
Diyarbakır 8th Main Jet Base
Amed Region Group
Şenyayla Group
Strength
43,000
500
Casualties and losses
26 personnel killed[4]
500+ killed or captured[5]
v
t
e
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Timeline
First insurgency
1984
Karageçit
N Iraq (1986)
Ortabağ
N Iraq (1987)
Pınarcık
Yeşilova
Taşdelen
Şırnak
Kulp
N Iraq (1992)
Bingöl
Başbağlar
Lice
Winter campaign
Steel
Tokat
Hawk
Tunceli
Varto
Sazak
Hammer
Dawn
Murat
Istanbul
Blue Market
Second insurgency
Hakkâri (2007)
N Iraq (2007)
Ankara
Aktütün
Diyarbakır
Sun
Reşadiye
İskenderun
Hakkâri
Istanbul
2011 border raid
Hakkâri (2011)
Roboski
Hakkâri (2012)
Beytüşşebap
Şemdinli
Third insurgency
Ceylanpınar
Siirt bombing
Martyr Yalçın
Police raids
Arslan Kulaksız
Şırnak
Cizre (2015)
Cizre (2016)
Kandil
Hakkari
Silvan
Sur
Lice
Dürümlü
2015 airport bombing
Ankara (Feb 2016)
Ankara (Mar 2016)
Bursa
Istanbul (Jun 2016)
Istanbul (Oct 2016)
Istanbul (Dec 2016)
N Iraq (2016)
Elazığ
Cizre
Euphrates Shield
Şemdinli
Kayseri
İzmir
Airstrikes in Syria & Iraq
Olive Branch
Siirt raid
Sinjar (2018)
Gercüş
Claw
Peace Spring
Claw-Eagle & Claw-Tiger
İskenderun
Claw-Eagle 2
Claw-Lightning & Thunderbolt
Sinjar (2021)
Claw-Lock
Zakho
Istanbul (2022)
Claw-Sword
Syria (2023 June)
Ankara (2023)
Syria (2023 Oct)
Serhildan
1990
1991
1992
1999
2001
2005
2006
2008
2009
2011–2012
2014
Peace process and peace efforts
1991–2004 Kurdish–Turkish peace initiatives
1993 Kurdistan Workers' Party ceasefire
2013–2015 Solution process
Others
Assassinations
Operation Murat, named after the Murat River located in the region, was an operation concentrated in the Diyarbakir, Bingol and Bitlis triangle, mostly in the mountains located inside the triangle, 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.[6] With the participation of 40,000 personnel and 3,000 village guards, it is the largest military operation Turkey has conducted inside of its borders.[7] The operation lasted for two weeks and was centered on the Genç district[7] in the province of Bingöl. It was in the area where the Turkish military destroyed two PKK camps in the past.[7]
^"The Invisible War in North Kurdistan (page 102)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
^"Council Decision", Council of the European Union, December 21, 2005
^ abcAydin, Aysegul; Emrence, Cem (23 April 2015). Zones of Rebellion: Kurdish Insurgents and the Turkish State. Cornell University Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-8014-5620-6.
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