Editing Kurdistan Workers' Party (section)

==== 2014 action against Islamic State and renewed tensions in Turkey ====
{{main|2014 Kobanî protests}}
[[File:Kurdish_PKK_guerilla.jpg|thumb|220x220px|A Kurdish PKK guerrilla in 2014.]]
The PKK engaged the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) forces in Syria in mid-July 2014<ref>{{cite web |date=15 July 2014 |title=PKK joins battle against Isil |url=http://gulfnews.com/news/region/syria/pkk-joins-battle-against-isil-1.1360183 |access-date=14 August 2014 |work=Gulf News}}</ref> as part of the Syrian Civil War. In August the PKK engaged IS in Northern Iraq and pressured the Government of Turkey to take a stand against IS.<ref>{{cite web |author=Dorian Jones |date=25 July 2014 |title=Turkish Kurds Want Ankara to Declare Stance on ISIL |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/turkish-kurds-want-ankara-to-declare-stance-on-isil/1965256.html |access-date=14 August 2014 |publisher=Voice of America}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=13 September 2011 |title=Forming the anti-ISIL Front – VERDA ÖZER |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/forming-the-anti-isil-front.aspx?PageID=238&NID=70169&NewsCatID=466 |access-date=14 August 2014 |work=Hürriyet Daily News}}</ref> PKK forces helped tens of thousands of [[Yazidis]] escape an encircled [[Sinjar Mountains|Mount Sinjar]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Joe Parkinson |date=18 August 2014 |title=Iraq Crisis: Kurds Push to Take Mosul Dam as U.S. Gains Controversial Guerrilla Ally |url=https://online.wsj.com/articles/kurds-with-u-s-aid-push-to-take-mosul-dam-1408322338 |access-date=21 August 2014 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> In September 2014, during the [[Siege of Kobanî]], some PKK fighters engaged with [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] forces in Syria who were attacking Kurdish city Kobane, which resulted in conflicts with Turks on the border and an end to a cease-fire that had been in place over a year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kurdish militants claim deadly ambush in Turkey's southeast |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/kurdish-militants-claim-deadly-ambush-turkeys-southeast-1343877279#comment-1276 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111215037/http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/kurdish-militants-claim-deadly-ambush-turkeys-southeast-1343877279#comment-1276 |archive-date=11 November 2014 |access-date=25 June 2015 |work=Middle East Eye}}</ref> The PKK said Turkey was supporting ISIS. The PKK participated in many offensives against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.<ref name="AJA-6-2015">{{cite news |date=11 June 2015 |title=Exclusive: Inside the PKK's front-line fight against ISIL |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/articles/2015/6/11/isis-pkk-sinjar.html |access-date=11 June 2015 |publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref>
[[File:Kurdish_newroz.jpg|thumb|Mass demonstration for the PKK and freedom of [[Abdullah Ocalan]] in the Turkish city of [[Van, Turkey|Van]] during [[Newroz]]]]
A number of Turkish Kurds rallied in large-scale street protests, demanding that the government in Ankara take more forceful action to combat IS and to enable Kurdish militants already engaged against IS to more freely move and resupply. These protests included a PKK call for its supporters to turn out.<ref>{{cite news |date=7 October 2014 |title=Kurds protest against Turkey as IS advances on Kobane |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29518448 |access-date=14 October 2014 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Clashes between police and protesters killed at least 31 people. The Turkish government continued to restrict PKK-associated fighters' movement across its borders, arresting 260 [[People's Protection Units]] fighters who were moving back into Turkey. On 14 October, Turkish Air Force fighter-bombers attacked PKK positions in the vicinity of Daglica, Hakkari Province.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 October 2014 |title=Turkish jets bomb Kurdish PKK rebels near Iraq |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29611582 |access-date=14 October 2014 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

Turkish military statements stated that the bombings were in response to PKK attacks on a Turkish military outpost in the area. The Firat news agency, which Al Jazeera describes as "close to the PKK", stated that Turkish forces had been shelling the PKK positions for days beforehand and that the PKK action had itself been retaliation for those artillery strikes.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 October 2014 |title=Turkey bombs Kurdish PKK targets in south |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/10/turkish-jets-bomb-pkk-targets-southeast-2014101492853176434.html |access-date=14 October 2014 |publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref> The PKK had already reported several Turkish attacks against their troops months before Turkish bombing started.