What the records say
- When
- 12 May 1997 – 7 Jul 1997
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 36.18° N, 44.00° E
- Description
- 1997 Turkish Armed Forces operation in northern Iraq against the Kurdistan Workers Party
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Hammer (1997)
Turkish military move against Kurdish terrorists in Iraq
Operation Hammer was the largest cross-border operation done in the history of Turkish Armed Forces into northern Iraq between 12 May and 7 July 1997 against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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