2013–2015 PKK–Turkey peace process

The Solution process (Turkish: Çözüm süreci), also known as Peace process (Turkish: Barış süreci; Kurdish: Proseya Aştiyê) or the PKK–Turkish peace process, was a peace process that aimed to resolve the conflict between the Turkey and PKK as part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present). The conflict has been ongoing since 1984 and resulted in some 40,000 mortal casualties and great economic losses for Turkey as well as high damage to the general population.

This article is about the peace process between Turkey and the PKK. For the general concept, see Peace process.
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the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Kurdish–Turkish
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History
Unilateral cease-fire1999–2004
Solution process2013–15
Primary concerns
International brokers
Iraqi Kurdistan
Proposals
Kurdish autonomous region

Though there was a unilateral cease-fire between 1999 and 2004, the sides failed to gain understanding, and the conflict became increasingly violent. The 2013 truce was working until the truce fully collapsed in 2015, following the Ceylanpınar incidents, in which the PKK killed two Turkish policemen, accusing Turkey to have collaborated with the Islamic State (IS) in the Suruç bombing.

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