On August 17, 2011, the Turkish Armed Forces launched multiple raids against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps based in Iraq, striking 132 targets. Turkish military bombed PKK targets in northern Iraq in six days of air raids, according to General Staff.
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| - August 2011 Turkey-Iraq cross-border raids
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| - On August 17, 2011, the Turkish Armed Forces launched multiple raids against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps based in Iraq, striking 132 targets. Turkish military bombed PKK targets in northern Iraq in six days of air raids, according to General Staff.
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- 2500(xsd:integer)
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Commander
| - Mehmet Erden
- Mehmet Veysi Ağar
- Murat Karayılan
- Sofi Nurettin
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Casualties
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- ROJ TV, PKK's broadcast outlet and the Iraqi Foreign Ministry claimed that 7 Iraqi Kurdish civilians, including three under the age of 18 were killed in a car. ROJ TV has shown pictures which depict a car bombed in a road. In response to these allegations, Turkish ambassador to Iraq has delivered the visual evidence. The surveillance images shows that in the road there is no craters which would be created by high explosive bombs used by the Turkish military.
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Result
| - Disputed. Turkish claim success for the bombing operation. PKK claim to have suffered few damages.
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combatant
| - TAK
- PJAK
- PKK
- Turkey
:Turkish Air Force
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Conflict
| - Turkish airstrikes in Northern Iraq since August 2011
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abstract
| - On August 17, 2011, the Turkish Armed Forces launched multiple raids against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps based in Iraq, striking 132 targets. Turkish military bombed PKK targets in northern Iraq in six days of air raids, according to General Staff.
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