The Kurdish-Turkish conflict spilled over into Iraqi Kurdistan in 1983, and has continued there intermittently since. The Turkish Armed Forces has launched a series of operations in Northern Iraq against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). "Council Decision", Council of the European Union, 21 December 2005 More than 37,000 people have been killed in the conflict since 1984. List of operations The operations resulted in a permanent Turkish presence in northern Iraq since 2018. The Iraqi government at one time viewed these operations as a violation of Iraq's sovereignty, with President Barham Salih demanding from Turkey their end, and the withdrawal of all of the Turkish armed forces from his country's territory.
Date OperationTAF Fatalities (Wounded)PKK Fatalities (Captured) 27 May 1984 – 10 October 1984 Operation Hot Pursuit ? ? 5 October 1992 – 15 November 1992 Operation Northern Iraq 28 (125) 1,551 (1,232) 20 March 1995 – 4 May 1995 Operation Steel 64 (185) 555 (13) 12 May 1997 – 7 July 1997 Operation Hammer 114 (338) 2,730 (418) 25 September 1997 – 15 October 1997 Operation Dawn 31 (91) 865 (37) 21 February 2008 – 29 February 2008 Operation Sun 27 240 24 July 2015 – 25 July 2015 Operation Martyr Yalçın 8 160 18 March 2016 – 19 March 2016 March 2016 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq ? ? 25 April 2017 2017 Turkish airstrikes in Syria and Iraq 0 33 15 August 2018 Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar (2018) 0 5 28 May 2019 – 14 June 2020 Operation Claw 172 killed (30 May 2019), 1 killed (19 July 2019 per turkey), 3 killed (25 Aug. 2019), 2 killed (23 Sep. 2019), 1 died (28 Oct. 2019), 1 killed (2 Dec. 2019), 2 killed (2 Jan. 2020), 2 killed (14 Jan. 2020), 2 killed (25 March 2020), 1 killed (15 April 2020), total of 17 reported killed 417 15 June 2020 – 17 April 2022 Operations Claw-Lightning and Thunderbolt 305 141 10 February 2021 – 14 February 2021 Operation Claw-Eagle 2 90 31 23 April 2021 – 17 April 2022 Operations Claw-Lightning and Thunderbolt 36 387 17 April 2022 – 4 May 2022 Operation Claw Lock83995Total: 282 (739) 6,417 (2,700)
See also Turkish occupation of Iraqi Kurdistan Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) §External operations 2026 Iranian strikes on the Kurdistan Region PKK insurgency in the Kurdistan Region
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