Turkish winter campaign of 1994–1995

Winter campaign of 1994–1995
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Date November 1994–March 1995 Location Southeastern Turkey Result Decisive Turkish Victory PKK presence heavily destroyed in Turkey PKK flees from turkey and moves most of their forces into Iraqi Kurdistan.
Belligerents
Turkish Armed Forces	Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
Commanders and leaders
İsmail Hakkı Karadayı Aydın İlter Halis Burhan	Abdullah Öcalan
Strength
150,000+ troops	30,000+ militants
Casualties and losses
173 security forces killed	6,000+ militants killed

In November 1994, the Turkish military launched a winter campaign in South-Eastern and Eastern Turkey to cut rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), who were active in the region, off from their winter supplies. The campaign continued until March 20, 1995, when the Turkish government launched an offensive into Iraqi Kurdistan to dislodge the PKK from its bases before the spring.

See also

• Operation Steel