Turkish war crimes

Since the foundation of the Republic of Turkey, its official armed and paramilitary forces have committed numerous violations of international criminal law (including war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide), and are also accused of aiding and abetting crimes committed by non-state actors, including rebel groups in Syria. Turkish war crimes have included massacres, torture, terrorism, deportation or forced displacement, kidnapping, sexual violence, looting, unlawful confinement, unlawful airstrikes and indiscriminate attacks on civilian structures.

The founders of the modern Turkish nation-state, who led the nationalist movement in the years following World War I, committed numerous atrocities during the War of Independence and continued many of the late Ottoman Empire's genocidal policies against Christian minorities, especially Armenians and Greeks. After its formal establishment in 1923, the Republic of Turkey would perpetrate many human rights violations against Kurds (both inside and outside its borders) during the long running Kurdish–Turkish conflict. Turkey has faced many accusations of committing war crimes in other countries, including in Cyprus, Syria and Libya.