August 1992 Şırnak Clashes

August 1992 Şırnak Clashes
	Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict
	; Location of Şırnak city and province in Turkey
Date	18–21 August 1992
Location	Şırnak, Turkey37°30′59″N 42°27′40″E / 37.5164°N 42.4611°E
Result	Town of Şırnak heavily damaged;
Belligerents
PKK	Turkey Şırnak-District Gendarmerie Battalion Command;
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
85 killed; 253 captured	40 killed (Turkish claim) 134 killed (PKK claim)
	22 civilians killed

August 1992 Şırnak Clashes were a series of clashes that broke out in the city of Şırnak between Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Turkish security forces^[3] from 18 to 21 August 1992,^[1] after PKK members had built barricades and attacked the District Gendarmerie Command's building with rockets and mortars.^[5] During this battle over 20,000 of Şırnak's 25,000 inhabitants fled the town due to the violence. A total of 107 people were killed, including 85 rebels and 22 civilians.^[3]

The clashes started when a large force of PKK rebels attacked government buildings in Şırnak on the night of 18 August, and security forces responded by shelling and firing on rebel positions. Following the battle, a curfew was imposed in the town.^[1]

Similar operations were later launched in the towns of Kulp in Diyarbakır Province on 3 October 1992,^[2] and Varto in Muş Province on 17 September 1996.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Amnesty International UA 279/92, AI Index: EUR 44/85/92, 4 September 1992
^ ^a ^b Amnesty International DOCUMENTO - UA 308/92 - TURKEY: ARBITRARY KILLINGS / FEAR OF TORTURE / FEAR OF ILL- TREATMENT: SCORES OF PEOPLE IN KULP, INCLUDING VAHIT NARIN
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kurds in Turkey (page8) Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, June 1999
^ "Terörle Mücadelede Verdiğimiz Şehitler (1984-2013)" (PDF). www.21yyte.org.
^ ^a ^b Bellaigue, Christopher De (December 28, 2010). Rebel Land: Among Turkey's Forgotten Peoples. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-9676-9 – via Google Books.

Sources

Sertaç Doğan, Şırnak Yanıyor 1992, Do Yayınları, 2008, ISBN 978-9944-1-0841-6

[amnesty-1] Amnesty International UA 279/92, AI Index: EUR 44/85/92, 4 September 1992

[Kulp-2] Amnesty International DOCUMENTO - UA 308/92 - TURKEY: ARBITRARY KILLINGS / FEAR OF TORTURE / FEAR OF ILL- TREATMENT: SCORES OF PEOPLE IN KULP, INCLUDING VAHIT NARIN

[asylumlaw-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kurds in Turkey (page8) Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, June 1999

[4] "Terörle Mücadelede Verdiğimiz Şehitler (1984-2013)" (PDF). www.21yyte.org.

[rebeland-5] Bellaigue, Christopher De (December 28, 2010). Rebel Land: Among Turkey's Forgotten Peoples. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-9676-9 – via Google Books.

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