PKK je 1984. otpočela oružanu kampanju za samoupravu na jugoistoku Turske kojim dominiraju Kurdi, koja je trajala 15 godina i ostavila iza sebe preko 30.000 mrtvih.
In 1984, the PKK began an armed campaign for self-rule in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast which lasted 15 years and left more than 30,000 dead.