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Operation Dawn (Turkish: Şafak Operasyonu) also referred as Operation Silent Epic (Turkish: Sessiz Destan Operasyonu) was an operation launched by the Turkish Armed Forces against the PKK, who had taken control of Şemdinli.[1]
| Operation Dawn | |||||||
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| Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Turkey |
 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Necdet Özel |
Murat Karayılan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,100 Security Forces | 500 soldiers (Turkish claim) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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22 killed 24 injured | 134 killed (60% of PKK members in the region) | ||||||
Operation details
editThe operation was launched by the Turkish Army and backed by the Turkish Air Force and it lasted for 11 days. Remaining PKK officers have been summoned to the Qandil Mountains. On 29 September the government declared Şemdinli is fully controlled by Turkish forces and operations are about to move to other zones. During this operation a female PKK leader called Ader prepared an attack on an outpost that resulted in 9 soldiers killed.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Can Turkey and the United States Come Together on Drones?". War on the Rocks. 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ Diyarbakır Söz Background of Operation Dawn
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