Turkish Armed Forces casualties in Syria

A Turkish military intervention in Syria started on 24 August 2016, code-named by Turkey as Operation Euphrates Shield, an ongoing cross-border operation by the Turkish military and allied groups in the Syrian Civil War. Operations were ongoing in the region between the Euphrates river to the east and the rebel-held area around Azaz to the west. The Turkish military and Turkey-backed Syrian rebel groups, some of which use the Free Syrian Army (FSA) label, have been fighting against forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as well as against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) since 24 August 2016. A new phase of the Turkish intervention started in January 2018, in the Afrin region of Syria, code-named by Turkey as Operation Olive Branch (Turkish: Zeytin Dalı Harekâtı). It's an offensive against the Kurdish Democratic Union Party in Syria (PYD), its armed wing People's Protection Units (YPG),[33] and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

List of fatalities

The following is a list of the fatal casualties among the regular Turkish Armed Forces:

Date of deathNumber of deathsBranchCause of deathKilled byLocation of death
28 August 20161Turkish Land ForcesHostile fireSDFAleppo Governorate, south of the town of Jarabulus [1]
6 September 20163Turkish Land ForcesHostile fireISISAleppo Governorate, Tel el-Hawa[2]
20 September 20162Turkish Land ForcesExplosionISISAleppo Governorate[3]
5 October 20161Turkish Land ForcesHostile fireISISAleppo Governorate, Ziyara
24 November 20163Turkish Special Operations ForcesSuicide attackISISAleppo Governorate, north of al-Bab
21 December 201612Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesISISAleppo Governorate, al-Bab[4]
20 January 20175Turkish Land ForcesSuicide Car BombISISAleppo Governorate, al-Bab[5]
29 January 20171Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesISISAl Ghuz region, al-Bab[6]
8 February 20172Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesISISAl Bab, al-Bab[7]
8 February 20173Turkish Land ForcesAerial bombingRussiaAl Bab, al-Bab[8]
12 February 20171Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesISISAl Bab, al-Bab[9]
22 January 20181Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesYPGAfrin [10]
23 January 20182Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesYPGAfrin [11]
27 January 20182Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesYPGAfrin [12]
3 February 20188Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesYPGAfrin [13]
4 February 20182Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesYPGAfrin [14]
5 February 20182Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesYPGAfrin [15]
7 February 20182Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesYPGAfrin [16]
9 February 20181Turkish Land ForcesHostilitiesYPGAfrin [17]
10 February 201812Turkish Land ForcesVarious hostilitiesYPGAfrin [18]
11 February 20181Turkish Land ForcesHostilitiesYPGAfrin [19]
25 February 20181Turkish Land ForcesHostilitiesYPGAfrin [20]
1 March 20188Turkish Land ForcesHostilitiesYPGAfrin [21]
27 Match 20182Turkish Land ForcesHostilitiesYPGAfrin [22]

List of fatalities by operation

The following is a list of the fatal casualties among the regular Turkish Armed Forces by operation:

OperationDate of operationNumber of deathsEnemy
Operation Euphrates Shield24 August 2016 – 29 March 201771[23]ISIS
Operation Olive Branch20 January 2018 – present54[24][22]YPG

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3761425/Turkish-army-Kurd-backed-forces-clash-north-Syria.html
  2. ↑ http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/deputy-pm-confirms-4-turkish-soldiers-martyred-in-syria/642738
  3. ↑ http://news.trust.org/item/20160920091739-a4rah/
  4. ↑ http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/12/turkish-troops-killed-clashes-isil-syria-161221204418681.html
  5. ↑ "Turkish soldiers killed, 9 injured in Daesh attack in al-Bab". Daily Sabah.
  6. ↑ "Turkish soldiers killed, 9 injured in Daesh attack in al-Bab".
  7. ↑ "Turkish soldiers killed, 9 injured in Daesh attack in al-Bab".
  8. ↑ "Turkish soldiers killed, 9 injured in Daesh attack in al-Bab".
  9. ↑ "Erdogan: Turkish army will press on to ISIL-held Raqqa".
  10. ↑ "Turkish military says 1 Turkish soldier martyred on third day of Olive Branch Operation in Syria's Afrin".
  11. ↑ The Latest: Second Turkish soldier killed in Syria operation
    Martyr Mehmet Muratdağı, tomorrow will be given to the soil
  12. ↑ "Turkey says 2 soldiers killed in Afrin push".
  13. ↑ "Son dakika haberi... Afrin harekatında 8 şehit".
  14. ↑ "TSK'dan son dakika açıklaması: 2 şehit 5 yaralı".
  15. ↑ Afrin şehitleri Şahin Kaya ve Ahmet Aktepe defnedildi
  16. ↑ "Son dakika: Afrin'den acı haber: İki şehit".
  17. ↑ "One Turkish soldier killed in Syria's Afrin: Military".
  18. ↑ "TSK'dan peş peşe Afrin açıklamaları: Şehitler ve yaralılar var".
    e-Amyna
  19. ↑ "One Turkish soldier killed, military death toll hits 31 since Afrin operation".
  20. ↑ "Four PKK militants 'neutralized' in Iraq's north, Turkish military says".
  21. ↑ "Son dakika... Genelkurmay acı haberi açıkladı: 8 asker şehit, 13 asker yaralı".
  22. 1 2 "Turkey says kills 11 Kurdish militants, two Turkish soldiers killed".
  23. ↑ "El Bab'da 2 asker şehit oldu".
  24. ↑ "Turkish, FSA forces close in on Tel Rifaat town in northern Syria".
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