Timeline of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency (1978–2015)
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This is the timeline of the Turkish-Kurdish conflict. The Kurdish insurgency is an armed conflict between the Republic of Turkey and various Kurdish insurgent groups,[1][2] which have demanded separation from Turkey to create an independent Kurdistan,[3][4] or to have autonomy[5] and greater political and cultural rights for Kurds in Turkey.[6] The main rebel group is the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK,[2] which was founded on November 27, 1978,[7] and started a full-scale insurgency on August 15, 1984, when it declared a Kurdish uprising.[8] Apart from some extended ceasefires (most recently during the 2013-2015 Kurdish-Turkish peace process), the conflict has continued to the present day.[4][9][10][11]
"Timeline of the Kurdish uprising in Turkey" redirects here. For a timeline of Kurdish uprisings throughout history, see Timeline of Kurdish uprisings.