DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey

DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey
Date	1 April 1990 – present ; (34 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location	Turkey
Status	Ongoing
Belligerents
Government of Turkey Turkish Armed Forces Turkish Land Forces; Turkish Air Force; Turkish Naval Forces; ; Turkish Gendarmerie JİTEM; ; Special Forces Command; General Directorate of Security Riot Police; Police Special Operation Department; ; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; National Defense; Ministry of the Interior;	DHKP/C; TKP/ML; MLKP; Communist Party of Turkey (Workers Voice); Supported by: Syria; PKK;
Commanders and leaders
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; (2014–present); Cevdet Yılmaz; (2023–present); İbrahim Kalın; (2023–present); Ali Yerlikaya; (2023–present); Yaşar Güler; (2023–present); Metin Gürak; (2023–present); Selçuk Bayraktaroğlu; (2023–present); Adnan Özbal; (2017–present); Ziya Cemal Kadıoğlu; (2023–present); Arif Çetin; (2017–present); Ahmet Ercan Çorbacı; (2017–present); Erol Ayyıldız; (2023–present); Former: Turgut Özal ; Süleyman Demirel ; Ahmet Necdet Sezer ; Abdullah Gül ; Yıldırım Akbulut ; Mesut Yılmaz ; Tansu Çiller ; Necmettin Erbakan ; Bülent Ecevit ; Ahmet Davutoğlu ; Binali Yıldırım ; Fuat Oktay ; Teoman Koman ; Sönmez Köksal ; Şenkal Atasagun ; Emre Taner ; Hakan Fidan ; Süleyman Soylu ; Efkan Ala ; Selami Altınok ; Sebahattin Öztürk ; Muammer Güler ; İdris Naim Şahin ; Beşir Atalay ; Osman Güneş ; Muzaffer Ecemiş ; Rüştü Kazım Yücelen ; Sadettin Tantan ; Cahit Bayar ; Kutlu Aktaş ; Murat Başesgioğlu ; Meral Akşener ; Mehmet Ağar ; Ülkü Güney ; Teoman Ünüsan ; Nahit Menteşe ; Beytullah Mehmet Gazioğlu ; İsmet Sezgin ; Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu ; Mustafa Kalemli ; Abdülkadir Aksu ; Hulusi Akar ; Nurettin Canikli ; Fikri Işık ; İsmet Yılmaz ; Vecdi Gönül ; Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu ; Hikmet Sami Türk ; İsmet Sezgin ; Turhan Tayan ; Mahmut Oltan Sungurlu ; Vefa Tanır ; Mehmet Gölhan ; Nevzat Ayaz ; Barlas Doğu ; Mehmet Yazar ; Hüsnü Doğan ; Güneş Taner ; Safa Giray ; Necip Torumtay ; Doğan Güreş ; İsmail Hakkı Karadayı ; Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu ; Hilmi Özkök ; Yaşar Büyükanıt ; İlker Başbuğ ; Işık Koşaner ; Necdet Özel ; Hulusi Akar ; Ümit Dündar ; Yaşar Güler ; Doğan Güreş ; Muhittin Fisunoğlu ; İsmail Hakkı Karadayı ; Hikmet Bayar ; Hikmet Köksal ; Hüseyin Kıvrıkoğlu ; Atilla Ateş ; Hilmi Özkök ; Aytaç Yalman ; Yaşar Büyükanıt ; İlker Başbuğ ; Işık Koşaner ; Erdal Ceylanoğlu ; Necdet Özel ; Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu ; Hulusi Akar ; Salih Zeki Çolak ; Yaşar Güler ; Ümit Dündar ; Musa Avsever ; Orhan Karabulut ; İrfan Tınaz ; Vural Beyazıt ; Güven Erkaya ; Salim Dervişoğlu ; Ilhami Erdil ; Bülent Alpkaya ; Özden Örnek ; Yener Karahanoğlu ; Metin Ataç ; Eşref Uğur Yiğit ; Emin Murat Bilgel ; Bülent Bostanoğlu ; Safter Necioğlu ; Siyami Taştan ; Halis Burhan ; Ahmet Çörekçi ; İlhan Kılıç ; Ergin Celasin ; Cumhur Asparuk ; İbrahim Fırtına ; Faruk Cömert ; Aydoğan Babaoğlu ; Hasan Aksay ; Mehmet Erten ; Akın Öztürk ; Abidin Ünal ; Hasan Küçükakyüz ; Atilla Gülan ; Burhanettin Bigalı ; Eşref Bitlis ; Aydın İlter ; Teoman Koman ; Fikret Boztepe ; Rasim Betir ; Aytaç Yalman ; Şener Eruygur ; Fevzi Türkeri ; Işık Koşaner ; Avni Atila Işık ; Necdet Özel ; Bekir Kalyoncu ; Servet Yörük ; Abdullah Atay ; Galip Mendi ; İbrahim Yaşar ; Yaşar Güler ; Atilla Kurtaran ; Kemal Yılmaz ; Fevzi Türkeri ; Engin Alan ; Nevzat Bekaroğlu ; Sadık Ercan ; Servet Yörük ; Abdullah Barutçu ; Halil Soysal ; Zekai Aksakallı ; Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu ; Necati Bilican ; Ünal Erkan ; Yılmaz Ergün ; Mehmet Ağar ; Alaaddin Yüksel ; Kemal Çelik ; Necati Bilican ; Turan Genç ; İbrahim Kemal Önal ; Gökhan Aydıner ; Oğuz Kağan Köksal ; Mehmet Kılıçlar ; Mehmet Celalettin Lekesiz ; Selami Altınok ; Celal Uzunkaya ; Mehmet Aktaş ;	Dursun Karataş #; Fehriye Erdal (POW); Meral Dönmez
Casualties and losses
	70-100+ deaths

The DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey refers to the Marxist–Leninist insurgency waged by the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) against the Republic of Turkey, ongoing since 1990. The insurgency began with political assassinations in the early 1990s, and has escalated in the past few years with the use of suicide bombers.

^ ^a ^b Today's Zaman Tension high as heinous attack leaves unanswered questions behind Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Turkey concerned about more acts of terrorism". Deutsche Welle. 3 February 2013.
^ Casier, Marlies (2010). Nationalisms and Politics in Turkey. Routledge. p. 133.
^ "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Retrieved 2022-05-21.

[tensions-1] Today's Zaman Tension high as heinous attack leaves unanswered questions behind Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Turkey concerned about more acts of terrorism". Deutsche Welle. 3 February 2013.

[3] Casier, Marlies (2010). Nationalisms and Politics in Turkey. Routledge. p. 133.

[4] "UCDP - Uppsala Conflict Data Program". ucdp.uu.se. Retrieved 2022-05-21.

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