2011 Hakkâri attack

2011 Hakkâri attacks
	Part of Kurdish-Turkish conflict
	; Map of Hakkâri
Date	19 October 2011 PKK attack (20–25 October TSK operation)
Location	Çukurca, Yüksekova and Hakkâri in Hakkâri Province, Turkey
Belligerents
Turkey	Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Commanders and leaders
Necdet Özel; Hayri Kıvrıkoğlu; Muharrem Metin Özbek	Bahoz Erdal (Turkish claim)
Strength
10,000 soldiers during the operations	100 during the attacks; ; Unknown amount during the TAF operations
Casualties and losses
24 killed, 18 wounded during the attacks; ; 2 killed during the TAF operations	23 killed during the attacks; ; 250-270 killed,210 wounded during the TAF operations

The October 2011 Çukurca attacks are the PKK's attacks targeting Turkish Armed Forces units in Hakkâri's Çukurca district on October 19, 2011. After midnight, 200 PKK members opened fire on police and gendarmerie buildings and security points in the district center with heavy weapons, resulting in 24 Turkish soldiers killed and 18 wounded. Between 21 and 23 PKK militants were killed in the conflict, and around 250-270 PKK militants were killed in the post-conflict operations, and 210 were injured.

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