Editing Turkish Armed Forces (section)

=== Kurdish–Turkish conflict ===
{{main|Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)}}

The TAF are in a protracted campaign against the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]] (recognized as a [[terrorist organization]] by the United States, the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/20/eng20051220_229424.html|title=People's Daily Online – NATO chief declares PKK terrorist group|access-date=17 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019180937/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/20/eng20051220_229424.html|archive-date=19 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1232988421.45/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201221025/http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1232988421.45|url-status=dead|title=The EU's list of terrorist groups|archive-date=1 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:028:0057:01:EN:HTML|title=Council Decision 2011/70/CFSP of 31 January 2011 updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism – Official Journal L 028, 02/02/2011 P. 0057–0059|access-date=12 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122110609/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:028:0057:01:EN:HTML|archive-date=22 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=scheffer>{{cite news|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/20/eng20051220_229424.html|title=NATO chief declares PKK terrorist group|work=[[Xinhua]]|date=20 December 2005|access-date=12 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019180937/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/20/eng20051220_229424.html|archive-date=19 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="EU">[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:028:0057:01:EN:HTML European Union List of Terrorist Organisations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122110609/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:028:0057:01:EN:HTML |date=22 November 2011 }}, [[Council of the european union]], updated Council Decision 2011/70/CFSP of 31 January 2011</ref> which has involved frequent forays into neighbouring [[Iraq]] and [[Syria]]. [[Abdullah Öcalan]], the leader of the PKK was arrested in 1999 in Nairobi and taken to Turkey. In 2015, the PKK cancelled their 2013 ceasefire after tension due to various events.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://t24.com.tr/haber/kck-ateskesin-bittigini-acikladi-bundan-sonra-tum-barajlar-gerillanin-hedefinde-olacaktir,302608|title=KCK ateşkesin bittiğini açıkladı: Bundan sonra tüm barajlar gerillanın hedefinde olacaktır|work=t24.com.tr|access-date=30 March 2017|language=tr-TR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322020849/http://t24.com.tr/haber/kck-ateskesin-bittigini-acikladi-bundan-sonra-tum-barajlar-gerillanin-hedefinde-olacaktir,302608|archive-date=22 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>