Operation Claw-Lock
| Operation Claw-Lock | |||||||
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| Part of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Turkey | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Murat Karayılan | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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83 killed 145 KIAs and 47 DOWs (per Sözcü) | 995 killed or captured (AA estimate) | ||||||
| 8 civilians killed and 20+ civilians injured | |||||||
Operation Claw-Lock (Turkish: Pençe-Kilit Operasyonu) was a military operation of the Turkish Armed Forces in northern Iraq. The operation was taking place in the Duhok Governorate against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), as part of the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict.