October 1992 Turkish attack on Hakurk Camp

October 1992 Turkish attack on Hakurk Camp
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)
Date 12 October – 1 November 1992[1] Location Iraqi Kurdistan Result Turkish victory PKK's heavily defended and fortified Hakurk Camp is destroyed. KRG–PKK cease-fire 2 captured Turkish soldiers rescued by Turkish forces All routes between Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan re-opened Territorial changes PKK flees from Hakurk Region.
Belligerents
Turkey	Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Abdullah Öcalan[2] Faruk Bozkur Murat Karayılan
Units involved
5th Commando Brigade Brigade Headquarters 1st Commando Battalion, Order 70/4, 71/1, 71/2 2nd Commando Battalion, Order 71/3, 71/4 3rd Commando Battalion, Order 72/1, 72/2 Artillery Battalion, Order 71/1, 71/3 Special Forces Command 309th Combat Search and Rescue Hakkâri 12th Land And Air Aviation Squadron 9 UH-60 2 UH-1 Hakkâri Assault Helicopter Battalion 2 AH-1W 2 AH-1P	Hakurk Region Camp
Strength
2,512 Commandos[3] 36 Special Forces personnel[4] 30 Helicopter pilots	10,000+ PKK members[5][6]
Casualties and losses
14 killed[7][8]	1,551 killed[9] 2,600+ captured[10] 2,700 wounded[6]
No civilian losses.

October 1992 Turkish attack on Hakurk Camp (Turkish: Ekim 1992 Hakurk Kampı saldırısı) was a cross-border operation by the Turkish Armed Forces into northern Iraq between 12 October and 1 November 1992, that was conducted during the October 1992 Turkish incursion into Northern Iraq, against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) which is listed as a terrorist organization internationally by a number of states and organizations, including the United States, NATO and the EU.^[11] More than 70,000 people have been killed in the Kurdish–Turkish conflict since 1984.^[12]