Kurdistan Workers' Party
Kurdish militant and political organization
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| March 1 2025 | The PKK executive committee, based in northern Iraq, declares an immediate ceasefire with Turkey. They request Öcalan's release but do not specify a timeline for disarmament. Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz welcomes the move as a potential new phase towards a 'terror-free Turkiye'. |
| February 27 2025 | Abdullah Öcalan calls for an end to the 40-year conflict, proposing disarmament and disbanding of the PKK. His statement is read out by the pro-Kurdish DEM party, who acted as intermediaries between Öcalan and the Turkish government. |
| February 23 2025 | Residents of Guherz village demanded both Turkey and PKK to leave Iraqi Kurdistan. |
| November 2024 | British police arrested seven people in London in a counter-terrorism investigation linked to the PKK. Searches were conducted at eight locations, including the Kurdish Community Centre, which was to be closed for up to two weeks. |
| October 2024 | PKK killed 7 people in an attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters. |
| November 21 2022 | A mortar attack in the Karkamış district of Gaziantep kills a 5-year-old boy and a 22-year-old woman, with 6-10 others injured. |
| November 20 2022 | Turkey launched Operation Claw-Sword - airstrikes on PKK positions in Iraq and Syrian Democratic Forces positions in Syria. |
| November 13 2022 | A bombing in Istanbul killed six people, with Turkey blaming a Kurdish Syrian separatist. |
| June 30 2022 | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed Sweden promised to extradite 73 'terrorists' wanted by Turkey. |
| June 28 2022 | During the NATO summit in Madrid, Turkey softened its opposition to Finland and Sweden's NATO membership after they affirmed the PKK as a terrorist organization. |
| April 17 2022 | Operation Claw-Lock began, a cross-border offensive into Iraqi Kurdistan targeting areas including Metina, Zap and Avashin. |
| January 18 2022 | PKK again attacked the Kirkuk–Ceyhan Oil Pipeline. |
| 2021 | Closure case initiated against the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), accusing the party of links to the PKK. |
| 2021 | The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army was reported to be planting cannabis in the countryside of Afrin, an area captured from Kurdish forces during Operation Euphrates Shield. |
| June 5 2021 | PKK ambushed and killed 5 Peshmerga soldiers in Duhok. |
| April 23 2021 | Operations Claw-Lightning and Thunderbolt begin in Northern Iraq, with 11 Turkish forces dead and 387 Kurdish forces casualties |
| February 14 2021 | Turkish Defense Minister claimed 13 soldiers and police officers held hostage since 2015-2016 were executed during a rescue operation. |
| February 10 2021 | Operation Claw-Eagle 2 in Northern Iraq, resulting in 3 Turkish forces dead, 65 Kurdish forces casualties, and 13 hostages killed by PKK |
| 2020 | Women comprised 40% of the PKK's fighting force, representing a significant increase from earlier decades. |
| November 2020 | A children's playground in Istanbul was dismantled after the municipality claimed its design too closely resembled the PKK symbol. |
| September 2020 | State prosecutor Krister Petersson announced he believed he had found the murderer of Olof Palme and closed the case. |
| June 15 2020 | Operation Claw-Eagle airstrikes in Northern Iraq, killing 81 Kurdish forces |
| 2019 | Possession of Devran, a book by political prisoner Selahattin Demirtaş, was considered evidence of membership in a terrorist organization by prosecutors. |
| 2019 | Turkish soldiers killed 11 Kurdish civilians in an artillery attack, including eight children. |
| October 2019 | Nine people were executed, including Hevrin Khalaf, a 35-year-old Kurdish woman who was secretary-general of the Future Syria Party and worked for interfaith unity. |
| October 9 2019 | Operation Peace Spring launched in Syria, resulting in 16 Turkish forces dead and 508 Kurdish forces casualties |
| June 13 2019 | Operation Claw-2 starts in Northern Iraq, with 102 Kurdish forces casualties |
| May 27 2019 | Operation Claw-1 begins in Northern Iraq, resulting in 143 Kurdish forces casualties |
| November 6 2018 | The U.S. State Department listed PKK's top executives Murat Karayılan, Cemil Bayik, and Duran Kalkan in its Rewards for Justice Program for counter-terrorism. |
| August 15 2018 | Turkish airstrikes in Sinjar, Iraq, killing 5 Kurdish forces |
| July 25 2018 | Mevlüt Bengi, a father of 6 children, is executed and tied to an electricity tower by PKK guerrillas, accused of causing harm to the Kurdish movement after serving as an election observer. |
| March 2018 | Turkey launched military operations to eliminate PKK fighters in northern Iraq. |
| March 19 2018 | Operation Tigris Shield begins in Northern Iraq, targeting Kurdish forces |
| January 20 2018 | Turkey launches Operation Olive Branch in Syria, resulting in 45 Turkish forces dead and 4,500-7,100+ Kurdish forces casualties |
| November 25 2017 | PKK executes 2 of its own members in Dohuk Governorate of Iraq. |
| September 27 2017 | PKK kidnaps and executes Mahmut Bazancir, who was mistakenly accused of being an informer. |
| February 2017 | The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights published a report condemning the Turkish government for systematic executions, civilian displacement, rape, and torture in Southeastern Turkey. |
| January 5 2017 | PKK car bomb outside a courthouse in Bayraklı, İzmir killed a civilian and a police officer, injuring seven others including 3 civilians. |
| 2016 | US Vice-President Joe Biden called the PKK a terrorist group 'plain and simple' and compared it to the Islamic State. |
| October 2016 | Amateur footage emerged showing Turkish soldiers executing two female PKK members they had captured alive. |
| July 19 2016 | HBDH reported killing 11 Turkish riot police in Trabzon Province, four days after the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt. |
| June 7 2016 | TAK bombing in central Istanbul killed 12 people (6 security officers and 6 civilians) and injured 51 others. |
| May 2016 | A Turkish Bell AH-1 SuperCobra helicopter was shot down by a PKK-fired Russian made MANPADS. |
| May 12 2016 | Truck bombing in Dürümlü hamlet, Diyarbakir's Sur district, killed 16 civilians and injured 23 others. |
| May 10 2016 | PKK bombing in Diyarbakır killed 3 people and injured 33 civilians and 12 police officers. |
| May 6 2016 | HBDH attacked a Gendarmerie General Command base in Giresun Province with a roadside bomb, killing three gendarmes and the Base Commander. |
| March 2016 | PKK helped launch the Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement with nine other Kurdish and Turkish revolutionary groups, aiming to overthrow the Turkish government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. |
| March 13 2016 | TAK suicide attack in Ankara killed more than 37 civilians. |
| February 17 2016 | TAK car bomb in Ankara killed 15 civilians and 14 soldiers, injuring 60 others. |
| January 2016 | Academics for Peace who signed a declaration supporting peace in the Kurdish-Turkish conflict were labeled and prosecuted for 'spreading terrorist propaganda' on behalf of the PKK. |
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