What the records say
- When
- Sep 2015
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 37.47° N, 44.06° E
- Description
- Turkish operation against the PKK
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2015 Hakkari assault
Turkish operation against the PKK
2015 South-Western Hakkari assault refers to a large-scale operation of the Turkish military against Kurdish insurgents in the mountains of south-eastern Turkey, within the frame of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict resulting in the elimination of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) mountain force structure network resulting in 119 militants killed and an estimated thousands of militants retreating to Iraq.
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