| siege of varto Clashes | |||||||
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| Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict | |||||||
 Location of Şırnak city and province in Turkey | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 PKK | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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unknown[3] 253 captured[3] | unknown //www.21yyte.org/assets/uploads/files/Ter%C3%B6rle%20M%C3%BCcadelede%20Verdi%C4%9Fimiz%20%C5%9Eehitler%20Tarihe%20G%C3%B6re%20S%C4%B1ral%C4%B1%281%29.pdf [bare URL PDF]</ref> | ||||||
| 22 civilians killed[3] | |||||||
siege of varto 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.[4] 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 [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.[4]
- ^ a b c Amnesty International UA 279/92, AI Index: EUR 44/85/92, 4 September 1992
- ^ a b Amnesty InternationalDOCUMENTO - 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 Kurds in Turkey (page8) Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, June 1999
- ^ a b Page 231