Şırnak clashes (2015–2016)

2015–2016 Şırnak clashes
2015–2016 Şırnak clashes
Part of the third phase of the Turkey–PKK conflict
Date	August 2015–May 2016
Location	Şırnak, Turkey
Caused by	Self-government request to establish autonomous government in Şırnak
Methods	Armed conflict; Urban guerrilla warfare
Resulted in	Turkish Government victory; PKK fail to establish autonomous region
Parties
Turkey PÖH; Land Forces; Special Forces; SAS; Village guards; Air Force;	Kurdistan Communities Union PKK HPG; YDG-H (until December 2015); YPS (from December 2015); ;
Lead figures
	Turan Bedirhanoğlu Duran Kalkan; Mustafa Karasu
Number
20,000 personnel; ~200 maroon berets	Unknown
Casualties and losses
117 killed in total	1,464 killed in total
	92 civilians killed in Cizre (according to human rights groups)

The 2015–2016 Şırnak clashes were a series of armed clashes in the southeastern Şırnak province, between Turkish government forces and Kurdish armed groups, as part of the Turkish–Kurdish conflict.