Report: Turkey launches incursion into Iraq
from Yahoo news
Turkish soldiers, air force bombers and helicopter gunships reportedly launched an incursion into Iraq on Wednesday, hours after Kurdish rebels killed 26 soldiers and wounded 22 others in multiple attacks along the border.
Turkey Deploys Thousands of Troops Against P.K.K.
by By SEBNEM ARSU
Turkey?s offensive is one of its largest military operation in years, with 10,000 troops backed by warplanes pursuing rebels in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq.
VIDEO: Turkish president condemns troop attack
from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Turkish troops are reported to have pursued Kurdish rebels into northern Iraq, following overnight attacks which killed at least 24 Turkish soldiers and injured many others.
anlamli (hsynz yapti)
from bobiler.org
Turkey falls victim to security weaknesses
from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to Turkish daily news :: Columnists by LALE KEMAL
Eighteen years ago, in 1993, 33 unarmed conscripts on a bus on its way to military outposts in the southeastern province of Bingöl were killed by outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) terrorists.
Reactions after PKK Attack in Hakkari
After PKK attacks that left 24 soldiers dead, a cross-border operation to Iraq was launched. According to Yüksekova Haber reporter Dara, even though the clashes did not spill into the city centre people in Hakkari are extremely concerned.
Obama, EU lead condemnation of PKK attack on Turkey
by BRUSSELS – Reuters
U.S. President Barack Obama and the European Union led a chorus of Western condemnation of PKK attacks on Turkey yesterday, voicing support for Ankara as its forces launched retaliatory air and ground assaults in northern Iraq, as authorities in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish regional government condemned the killings
Demonstrators shout slogans and hold Turkey’s national flag during a protest against the latest attacks against the Turkish military in Istanbul October 19, 2011. Kurdish militants killed 26 Turkish soldiers near the border with Iraq on Wednesday, officials said, in one of the deadliest attacks since the rebels took up arms against the Turkish state three decades ago. Turkish commandos crossed 3-4 km (1.9 to 2.5 miles) into northern Iraq in pursuit of the rebels following the attacks in Cukurca and Yuksekova districts of Hakkari province, military sources said. At least 16 soldiers were also wounded in the attacks. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Turkish troops enter northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels
from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk
Offensive against PKK fighters launched after 26 soldiers killed in attacks on military outposts
Turkish commandos supported by bombers and helicopter gunships have crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish guerrillas who killed 26 soldiers and wounded at least 18 others in co-ordinated attacks on military outposts.
Factbox: Turkey’s armed forces
from Yahoo news
Oct 19 – Turkey launched air and ground assaults on Kurdish militants in Iraq on Wednesday, vowing to take “great revenge” after 24 Turkish soldiers were killed in one of the deadliest Kurdish attacks in decades.
Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (3rd R) listens to an army officer at a military post during his visit to troops in the Hakkari province in southeastern Turkey on the Turkish-Iraqi border, October 15, 2011. Picture taken October 15, 2011. REUTERS/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout
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