Operation Murat

Operation Murat
	Part of Kurdish–Turkish conflict
	; Diyarbakır-Bingöl-Bitlis triangle
Date	23 April – 7 May 1998
Location	Triangle inside of the Diyarbakır, Bingöl and Bitlis districts.
Result	Operation Successful All PKK camps and members inside the triangle eliminated or captured;
Belligerents
Turkish Armed Forces	PKK
Commanders and leaders
Nahit Şenoğul	Mahmut Gün †
Units involved
7th Corps 3rd Infantry Division 2nd Airborne Infantry Commando Brigade; 5th Commando Brigade; 34th Motorized Infantry Brigade; ; 7th Mechanized Infantry Division 20th Armored Brigade; 16th Mechanized Infantry Brigade; 70th Mechanized Infantry Brigade; ; 21st Motorized Infantry Division 6th Motorized Infantry Brigade; 23rd Motorized Infantry Brigade; 48th Motorized Infantry Brigade; ; 2nd Motorized Infantry Brigade; 3rd Commando Brigade; 107th Artillery Regiment; 8th Corps 12th Mechanized Infantry Division 12th Mechanized Infantry Brigade; 10th Motorized Infantry Brigade; 34th Motorized Infantry Brigade; ; 4th Commando Brigade; 51st Motorized Infantry Brigade; 108th Artillery Regiment; 9th Corps 17th Commando Brigade; 4th Armored Brigade; 7th Mechanized Infantry Brigade; 14th Mechanized Infantry Brigade; 25th Mechanized Infantry Brigade; 5th Infantry Brigade; 109th Artillery Brigade; Gendarmerie General Command City and District Region Gendarmerie Group Commands; Gendarmerie Special Operations; Village Guards; Diyarbakır 8th Main Jet Base; Tatvan 5th Land And Air Aviation Squadron; Tatvan Assault Helicopter Battalion; Diyarbakır Assault Helicopter Battalion;	Amed Region Group Şenyayla Group
Strength
43,000	Unknown
Casualties and losses
26 personnel killed (Turkish claim)	77 killed (Turkish claim)

Operation Murat, named after the Murat River located in the region, was an operation concentrated in the Diyarbakir, Bingol and Bitlis triangle, mostly in the mountains located inside the triangle, against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which is listed as a terrorist organization internationally by a number of states and organizations, including the United States, NATO and the EU. With the participation of 40,000 personnel and 3,000 village guards, it is the largest military operation Turkey has conducted inside of its borders. The operation lasted for two weeks and was centered on the Genç district in the province of Bingöl. It was in the area where the Turkish military destroyed two PKK camps in the past.

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