2015 Hakkari assault
{{Short description|Turkish operation against the PKK}}
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|conflict=June–2015 South-Eastern Hakkari assault
|partof=Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
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Phases:
- September–November 2015 (duration of assault) {{cite web|url=http://aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkey-31-pkk-terrorists-killed-in-hakkari-operation/467906|title=Turkey: '31 PKK terrorists' killed in Hakkari operation|work=Anadolu Agency}}
- July–September 2015 (duration of limited scale operations)
|place=Hakkâri Province, Turkey
|result=Turkish victory
- Successful operation.
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|combatant2={{flagicon image|Flag_of_Kurdistan_Workers_Party_(PKK).svg}} Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
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|casualties2=119 killed{{cite web|url=http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2015/11/06/turkish-military-clears-pkk-bases-in-southeastern-hakkari-kills-119-terrorists|title=Turkish military clears PKK bases in southeastern Hakkari, kills 119 terrorists|date=6 November 2015|work=DailySabah|access-date=9 April 2016|archive-date=20 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420000906/http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2015/11/06/turkish-military-clears-pkk-bases-in-southeastern-hakkari-kills-119-terrorists|url-status=dead}}
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{{Campaignbox Turkey–PKK conflict}}
2015 South-Western Hakkari assault[http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/turkey/071120151 Middle East News] Rudaw refers to a large-scale operation of the Turkish military against Kurdish insurgents in the mountains of south-eastern Turkey, within the frame of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict resulting in the elimination of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) mountain force structure network resulting in 119 militants killed and an estimated thousands of militants retreating to Iraq. The large scale assault was launched early September 2015 by the Turkish Army commando battalions and concluded in early November 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/01/turkey-dilemma-how-to-end-clashes-pkk.html#|title=Turkey breaks new ground in southeast reconstruction - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East|work=Al-Monitor}}
Timeline
According to Turkish sources, on 5 November 2015, the military killed at least 31 PKK militants in ongoing security operations in Turkey’s southeastern Hakkari province within 24 hours. According to statements posted on the Turkish General Staff website, the military killed 15 PKK on Wednesday and another 16 members of the organization on Thursday in ongoing security operations in Hakkari province’s Yüksekova district.{{cite web|url=http://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkey-31-pkk-terrorists-killed-in-hakkari-operation/467906|title=Turkey: '31 PKK terrorists' killed in Hakkari operation|work=Anadolu Agency}}
Anadolu Agency reported local Turkish army sources as saying that the operation in Hakkari lasted from September 27 to November 5 and targeted PKK mountain hideouts, seizing or destroying anti-aircraft guns and other heavy weapons. Troops also destroyed 18 handmade bunkers and an ammunition cache, an army statement said.
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