Turkey-Kurdish Conflict
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Updated: 17 Mar 2019
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Ocalan confirms intention to call a ceasefire on the Kurdish New Year (March 21)Kurdish rebels free eight Turkish prisoners in response to the peace pushSecond delegation of Kurdish politicians visit Ocalan as part of new peace effortsTurkey allows the use of the Kurdish language in courtThree Kurdish activists are shot in ParisKurdish Politicians pay a landmark visit to Ocalan in prisonHundreds of Kurds in prisons launch a hunger strike, demanding language rights and better conditions for jailed OcalanTreaty of Sevres envisages the creation of Kurdish state. Plan annulled after Turks win "Independence War"The Treaty of Lausanne establishes the boundaries of Turkey and spreads the Kurds among several nationsThe Gulf War paves the way to de facto autonomy for Kurds in northern Iraq. Attacks inside Turkey launched from the other side of the shared border increase.The Turkish army mounts a major air and land operation against PKK bases in northern Iraq.Turkish incursion inside Iraq involving more than 30 000 troops. Army crackdowns in Turkey's southeast increase.Ocalan is captured in Kenya and sentenced to death for treason.
PKK rolled back on its demands for an independent Kurdish state, calling instead for more autonomy.Ocalan's death sentence is converted to life imprisonment.Ankara allows the limited use of the Kurdish language in state television broadcasts.Turkey's parliament allows the army to stage cross-border operations against Kurdish rebel hideouts in n. Iraq.State television launches Kurdish language channel.
The Turkish government announces a "Kurdish initiative,"
a package that seeks increased rights for the minority,
triggering a nationalists backlash. Police round up hundreds of people,
including activists, journalists and politicians,
suspected of ties to the PKK.34 civilians, mistaken for rebels, are killed in a botched Turkish airstrike near the Iraqi border.24 Turkish soldiers are killed in one of the deadliest Kurdish rebel attacks in years.A news agency releases voice recordings of failed peace talks held secretly between Turkey intelligence and PKK officials in Oslo.Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan pays landmark trip to Iraqi KurdistanTurkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad to coordinate their action against rebellious KurdsAbdullah Ocalan founds the PKK for an independent Kurdish stateThe PKK takes up arms against Ankara, waging a war in the Kurdish-majority southeast and larger Anatolia regionTurkey puts 11 provinces under a state of emergency rule, increasing the military initiative in the southeastPeriods
Several Kurdish rebellions for independence are subdued by force, resulting in the death of thousands.The PKK increases ambushes and bomb attacks.
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