1984 PKK attacks

1984 battle during the Turkish-Kurdish conflicts yes July 2020 15 August 1984 PKK attacks Kurdish–Turkish conflict 15 August 1984 Şemdinli, Hakkâri and Eruh, Siirt, Turkey Start of the Kurdish–Turkish conflictJean-Christophe Peuch https://www.rferl.org/a/1060741.html Turkey: Government Under Growing Pressure To Meet Kurdish Demands Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 8 April 2008 Rferl.org 29 March 2012 Turkey Flag of Kurdistan Workers' Party 1978.svg Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Turkey Unknown Flag of Kurdistan Workers' Party 1978.svg Mahsum Korkmazhttp://kicadam.home.xs4all.nl/kurdistan/2_99/ocalan.html Abdullah Öcalan and the development of the PKK Kicadam.home.xs4all.nl 29 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120324230847/http://kicadam.home.xs4all.nl/kurdistan/2_99/ocalan.html 24 March 2012 deadFlag of Kurdistan Workers' Party 1978.svg Abdullah Ekinciİsmet G. İmset, PKK: Ayrılıkçı Şiddetin 20 Yılı, Turkish Daily News, 1993, 9789759571108, p. 105. 1 soldier killedTurkish Weekly Chronology of the Important Events in the World/PKK Chronology (1976–2006) https://web.archive.org/web/20101006073753/http://www.turkishweekly.net/article/217/chronology-of-the-important-events-in-the-world-pkk-chronology-1976-2006-.html 6 October 2010, 13 September 20062 police officers killed7 soldiers wounded1 police officer wounded None 3 civilians wounded The 15 August 1984 PKK attacks, which were led by Mahsum Korkmaz (known as "Agit"), marked the start of the last phase of Kurdish–Turkish conflict. Since the PKK's second party Congress, which was held from 20 to 25 August 1982 in Daraa, Syria, it was decided that the PKK would start preparing for an insurgency inside Turkey. Training camps were opened in Syria and in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley and propaganda teams were sent across the border to make contact with the local populations. After years of preparation, the PKK launched its first major attacks on 15 August 1984. The attack was led by the founder of the PKK's military wing. PKK forces attacked the gendarmerie station in Eruh, Siirt and killed one gendarmerie soldier and injured six soldiers and three civilians. Simultaneously, PKK forces attacked a gendarmerie open-air facility, officer housings and a gendarmerie station in Şemdinli, Hakkâri and killed two police officers and injured one police officer and a soldier. Initially, Turkish authorities did not take the attacks seriously,Kerim Yildiz Susan Breau The Kurdish Conflict: International Humanitarian Law and Post-Conflict Mechanisms https://books.google.com/books?id=QuQBdYSc4d8C&pg=PA16 2010 Taylor & Francis 978-0-203-84933-0 16 however the attacks were followed up by a raid on a police station in Siirt on 17 August, which was soon followed by an attack that killed three of General Kenan Evren's Presidential Guards in Yüksekova and an ambush which killed 8 Turkish soldiers in Çukurca, in Hakkâri province. Insurgent violence in the predominantly Kurdish South-East of Turkey escalated heavily after the attacks. Around 2,500 people were killed during the conflict between 15 August 1984 and 1991. This number rose to 17,500 between 1991 and 1992The Kurds in Turkey https://web.archive.org/web/20101018011530/http://www.fas.org/asmp/profiles/turkey_background_kurds.htm 18 October 2010 and the Turkish state puts the number of people killed by the insurgency at 44,000 as of September 2008.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/9914612.asp?gid=0&srid=0&oid=0&l=1 17 September 2008 Bir dönemin acı bilançosu Hürriyet 16 September 2008 Turkish References PKK Category:August 1984 in Turkey Category:History of Hakkâri Province Category:History of Siirt Province Category:Kurdistan Workers' Party attacks Category:1984 crimes in Turkey Category:1984 in Turkey Category:Terrorist incidents attributed to Kurdish militant groups