Editing Kurdistan Workers' Party (section)

==== July 2015 – March 2025: Third insurgency ====
{{main|Timeline of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency (2015–2025)}}
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In the months before the parliamentary election of 2015, as the "Kurdish-focused" HDP's likelihood of crossing the 10% threshold for entry into the government seemed more likely, Erdogan gave speeches and made comments that repudiated the settlement process and the existence of a Kurdish problem and refusing to recognize the HDP as having any role to play despite their long participation as intermediaries.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tastekin |first=Fehim |date=6 May 2015 |title=Will Erdogan's backtracking torpedo PKK disarmament? – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/05/turkey-kurds-pkk-no-farewell-to-arms.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303085346/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/05/turkey-kurds-pkk-no-farewell-to-arms.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |work=[[Al-Monitor]]}}</ref> These announcements increased distrust of the government's good faith among Kurdish leaders. In July 2015, Turkey finally became involved in the war against ISIL. While they were doing so, they decided to bomb PKK targets in Iraq.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 July 2015 |title=Turkey, US to create 'ISIL-free zone' inside Syria – DIPLOMACY |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-us-to-create-isil-free-zone-inside-syria.aspx?pageID=238&nID=85906&NewsCatID=510 |website=Hurriyetdailynews.com}}</ref> The bombings came a few days after PKK was suspected of assassinating two Turkish police officers in [[Ceylanpınar]], [[Urfa|Şanlıurfa]], criticized by the PKK of having links with ISIS after the [[2015 Suruç bombing]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kurdish group claims 'revenge murder' on Turkish police |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/07/kurdish-group-claims-revenge-murder-turkish-police-150722132945249.html |publisher=Al Jazeera |quote=The armed wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for killing two Turkish police officers, saying the murders were reprisals for a suicide attack in the border town of Suruc. 'A punitive action was carried out... in revenge for the massacre in Suruc,' the People's Defence Forces (HPG) said in a statement on its website on Wednesday, accusing the two officers of cooperating with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The two police officers were found shot dead at their home in the town of Ceylanpinar on the border with Syria, two days after the Suruc suicide attack that killed 32 people, mostly ethnic Kurds.}}</ref><ref name="capelouto-tuysuz-cnn-2015">{{cite news |last1=Capelouto |first1=Susanna |last2=Tuysuz |first2=Gul |date=25 July 2015 |title=Turkey arrests hundreds of suspected terrorists, Prime Minister says |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/25/middleeast/turkey-syria-isis-attacks/index.html |work=CNN |quote='We will not stay silent in the face of those who kill our police officers in their sleep,' Davutoglu said, referring to PKK's assassination of two Turkish police officers Wednesday. [...] The statement also referred to the slaying of the two police officers, calling it an act of "retribution" carried out by "local branches" without orders from central PKK command.}}</ref> The PKK has blamed Turkey for breaking the truce by bombing the PKK in 2014 and 2015 continuously.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

In August 2015, the PKK announced that they would accept another ceasefire with Turkey only under [[United States|US]] guarantees.<ref>{{cite news |title=PKK urges US to mediate in its war with Turkey and admits to secret talks with Washington |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/11806481/PKK-urges-US-to-mediate-in-its-war-with-Turkey-and-admits-to-secret-talks-with-Washington.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/11806481/PKK-urges-US-to-mediate-in-its-war-with-Turkey-and-admits-to-secret-talks-with-Washington.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |access-date=1 January 2016 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The leadership of Iraqi Kurdistan has condemned the Turkish airstrikes in its autonomous region in the north of Iraq.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iraq Kurds condemn Turkish airstrikes on PKK – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/contents/afp/2015/07/turkey-syria-attacks-army-iraq-kurds.html |work=Al-Monitor}}{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

The number of casualties since 23 July was stated by Turkish government to be 150 Turkish officers and over 2,000 Kurdish rebels killed (by September).<ref>{{cite web |date=29 September 2015 |title=Scores killed in clashes between Turkish forces and Kurdish rebels |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/9/29/scores-killed-in-clashes-between-turkish-forces-and-kurdish-rebels.html |publisher=[[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]]}}</ref> In December 2015, Turkish military operation in southeastern Turkey has killed hundreds of civilians, displaced hundreds of thousands and caused massive destruction in residential areas.<ref>{{cite web |date=30 December 2015 |title=Turkey's Campaign Against Kurdish Militants Takes Toll on Civilians |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/world/europe/turkey-kurds-pkk.html?hpw&rref=world&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=22 December 2015 |title=Turkey: Mounting Security Operation Deaths |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/12/22/turkey-mounting-security-operation-deaths |work=Human Rights Watch}}</ref>

In March 2016, the PKK helped to launch the [[Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement]] with nine other Kurdish and Turkish revolutionary leftist, socialist and communist groups (including the [[Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist|TKP/ML]], [[Marxist–Leninist Armed Propaganda Unit|THKP-C/MLSPB]], [[Maoist Communist Party (Turkey)|MKP]], [[Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist|TKEP/L]], [[Union of Revolutionary Communists of Turkey|TİKB]], [[Revolutionary Communard Party|DKP]], [[Devrimci Karargâh|DK]] and [[Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (Turkey)|MLKP]]) with the aim of overthrowing the Turkish government of [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]].<ref name="anfenglish.com">{{cite web |date=12 March 2016 |title=Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement established for a joint struggle |url=http://www.anfenglish.com/news/peoples-united-revolutionary-movement-established-for-a-joint-struggle |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314061916/http://www.anfenglish.com/news/peoples-united-revolutionary-movement-established-for-a-joint-struggle |archive-date=14 March 2016 |access-date=14 March 2016 |agency=Firat News Agency}}</ref>

In November 2022, an [[2022 Istanbul bombing|explosion]] took place on [[İstiklal Avenue]] in [[Istanbul]]'s [[Beyoğlu]] district that left at least six people dead and 81 injured. [[Ministry of Interior (Turkey)|Minister of Interior]] [[Süleyman Soylu]] formally accused the PKK of being behind the attack and announced the arrest of the bomber who had alleged links to the organization and twenty-one others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Istanbul Attack: Suspect Arrested After Six People Killed, Govt Says PKK Responsible |url=https://thewire.in/world/istanbul-attack-suspect-arrested-after-six-people-killed-govt-says-pkk-responsible |access-date=15 November 2022 |website=The Wire}}</ref>
[[File:2022_Gaziantep_attack_(1).jpg|right|thumb|The school after the 2022 Gaziantep attack]]
On <span class="anchor" id="2022_Gaziantep_attack">21 November 2022</span>,<ref>{{Cite news |title=21 kasım 2022 gaziantep roket saldırısı |url=https://eksisozluk.com/21-kasim-2022-gaziantep-roket-saldirisi--7474949 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121113319/https://eksisozluk.com/21-kasim-2022-gaziantep-roket-saldirisi--7474949 |archive-date=21 November 2022 |access-date=8 March 2025 |work=ekşi sözlük |language=tr-TR}}</ref> at approximately 11:00 [[Time in Turkey|TSI]], a [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] attack targeted a [[school]], two houses, and a truck in the Karkamış district of [[Gaziantep]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=GAZİANTEP KARKAMIŞ'A ROKET SALDIRISI! |url=https://m.haberair.com/default.asp?page=haber&haberid=62848 |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=www.haberair.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=21 November 2022 |title=Gaziantep'e roket saldırısı: 3 kişi hayatını kaybetti |url=https://www.siyasetcafe.com/gaziantepe-roket-saldirisi-3-kisi-hayatini-kaybetti-96521h.htm}}</ref> The [[assault]] claimed the lives of a 5-year-old boy and a 22-year-old woman,<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 November 2022 |title=Soylu: Karkamış'ta 2 kişi öldü, 10 kişi yaralandı |url=https://yetkinreport.com/2022/11/21/gaziantep-valisi-karkamisa-roket-atildi-2-kisi-hayatini-kaybetti/ |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=Yetkin Report |language=tr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=21 November 2022 |title=Gaziantep'in Karkamış İlçesine Roket Saldırısı |url=https://www.voaturkce.com/a/gaziantepin-karkamisa-roket-saldirisi-3-olu/6843300.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=21 November 2022 |title=Gaziantep'in Karkamış İlçesine Roket Saldırısı |url=https://www.voaturkce.com/a/gaziantepin-karkamis-ilcesine-roket-saldirisi/6843346.html}}</ref> while 6–10 individuals sustained injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 November 2022 |title=Gaziantep'in Karkamış İlçesine Roket Saldırısı: Bir Çocuk ve Bir Öğretmen Hayatını Kaybetti |url=https://www.voaturkce.com/a/gaziantep-karkamis-ilcesine-roket-saldirisi-bir-cocuk-ve-bir-ogretmen-hayatini-kaybetti/6843675.html |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=www.voaturkce.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=21 November 2022 |title=Gaziantep Karkamış'a roket saldırısı: Biri çocuk üç kişi yaşamını yitirdi |url=https://yesilgazete.org/gaziantep-karkamisa-roket-saldirisi-biri-cocuk-uc-kisi-yasamini-yitirdi/amp/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=21 November 2022 |title=YPG Gaziantep'e roket saldırısı düzenledi: 3 kişi hayatını kaybetti |url=https://www.mepanews.com/ypg-gaziantepe-roket-saldirisi-duzenledi-3-kisi-hayatini-kaybetti-56529h.htm}}</ref>

In October 2024, the PKK claimed responsibility<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kurdistan Workers' Party claims deadly Ankara attack – DW – 10/25/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/kurdistan-workers-party-claims-deadly-ankara-attack/a-70598114 |access-date=27 October 2024 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> for a deadly attack on [[Turkish Aerospace Industries]] (TUSAŞ) headquarters, resulting in 5 deaths, including four civilians, and 22 injuries. Following this attack, the Turkish air force conducted airstrikes targeting positions of the PKK in northern Syria and Iraq. The Turkish defense ministry reported the destruction of 32 targets during these operations.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ruhiyyih Ewing |first=Giselle |date=23 October 2024 |title=Turkey strikes PKK forces in Syria, Iraq after lethal Ankara attack |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/turkey-pkk-forces-syria-iraq-ankara-attack/ |access-date=24 October 2024 |website=Politico}}</ref>

In November 2024, British police arrested seven people in London as part of a counter-terrorism investigation linked to the PKK. Searches were carried out at eight locations, including the Kurdish Community Centre, which would be closed for up to two weeks. Authorities assured the public there was no imminent threat and informed the Kurdish community that the operation was aimed at ensuring safety.<ref>{{cite news |date=27 November 2024 |title=UK counter terrorism police arrest seven over 'PKK activity' |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-counter-terrorism-police-arrest-six-over-pkk-activity-2024-11-27/ |access-date=28 November 2024 |website=Reuters}}</ref>