This is an accepted version of this pageOperation Successful Amed Region Group Operation Murat, named after the Murat River located in the region, was an operation concentrated in the Diyarbakir, Bingol and Bitlis triangle, mostly in the mountains located inside the triangle, against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which is listed as a terrorist organization internationally by a number of states and organizations, including the United States, NATO and the EU.

[6] With the participation of 40,000 personnel and 3,000 village guards, it is the largest military operation Turkey has conducted inside of its borders.

[7] Light infantry units were inserted in designated centers by helicopters on April 23, on the first day, 14 battalions were landed in 14 different regions.

On the other hand, a group of insurgents, who were determined to have infiltrated Turkey from Northern Iraq for the action, were trapped in the Cudi Mountain region of Şırnak and the Hezil Stream valley.

During the land searches in the Hezil Stream, Bilgan region, bunkers with plenty of weapons, ammunition and foodstuffs, and where insurgents made action plans, were also uncovered and rendered unusable.

The PKK militants attacked the Raman-3 oil field belonging to Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), near the Hasankeyf Region, Batman District, at around 22:00, with rockets.

While intensive security measures were taken around the oil field after the attack, personnel from C Task Forces from Batman Region-Gendarmerie Special Operations Group Command neutralized the fleeing PKK members, who had infiltrated the oil field after the attack and had kidnapped 3 workers; Mehmet Akman (40), Sabri Rençber (35), Samet Gezici (36), who were on duty there.

It is the most comprehensive military operation ever carried out within the borders of the Republic of Turkey, both in terms of the region in which it took place and the level of participation.