Operation Hawk

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Operation Hawk

| strength1 = 10,000

| combatant1 = {{flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey

| notes =

| casualties3 =

| casualties2 = 241

| casualties1 = 40

| strength2 = Unknown

| commander2 = Unknown

| image =

| commander1 = {{flagicon|Turkey}} Hilmi Özkök

| result = Turkish victory

| date = April 1996

| place = Diyarbakır Province and Bingöl Province

| partof = the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency

| caption =

| combatant2 = 22px PKK

}}

{{Campaignbox Kurdish–Turkish conflict}}

Operation Hawk ({{langx|tr|Atmaca Harekâtı}}) was a military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) positions in Diyarbakır and Bingöl in April 1996.

The operation started on the night of 5 April 1996 in mountainous areas between Lice, Hani, Kulp and Genç. As a result, 241 PKK members and 40 Turkish troops died; and 6 PKK members were captured alive. Troops from 7th Corps in Diyarbakır and 8th Corps in Elazığ, Turkish Air Force and units from Gendarmerie General Command and Police Special Operation Department were involved in the operation.{{Cite web|title=Cumhuriyet-12.4.1996 Günü 6. Sayfa|url=https://www.cumhuriyetarsivi.com/katalog/192/sayfa/1996/4/12/6.xhtml|access-date=2020-10-10|website=www.cumhuriyetarsivi.com}}{{Cite web|title=Bağlar saldırısı ve Lice kırsalı|url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/yazarlar/tolga-sardan/baglar-saldirisi-ve-lice-kirsali-2221984|access-date=2020-10-10|website=Milliyet|date=6 April 2016 |language=tr}}{{Cite web|title=MİLLİYET GAZETE ARŞİVİ|url=http://gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr/|access-date=2020-10-10|website=gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=atw3ywAACAAJ|title=Dış basında Türk Silahlı Kuvvetlerinin PKK'ya karşı ilkbahar harekatı (Atmaca Harekatı): 8 Nisan-24 Nisan 1996|date=1996|publisher=T.C. Başbakanlık Basın-Yayın ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüğü|language=tr}}{{Cite web|title=Osman Aydoğan|url=http://www.sehriyar.info/?pnum=481&pt=TSK%E2%80%99nin%20s%C4%B1n%C4%B1r%20%C3%B6tesi%20harek%C3%A2tlar%C4%B1%20%C3%BCzerine%20bir%20d%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BCnce|access-date=2020-10-10|website=www.sehriyar.info}}