2011 Hakkâri attack
2011 Hakkari attacks | |||||
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Part of Kurdish-Turkish conflict | |||||
Location of Çukurca attack | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
Turkey | Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) | ||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||
Bahoz Erdal (Turkish claim) | |||||
Strength | |||||
50 commandos | 100[1] | ||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
26 killed[1] 18 injured[1] (Turkish claim) |
23 killed during the attack; 49 killed in following operations (Turkish claim) |
The 2011 Hakkari attacks occurred on the night of October 19, 2011,[2] when over 100 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters killed 26 Turkish soldiers in Hakkâri Province.[3] It was allegedly the deadliest PKK attack on Turkish security forces since the Çewlik massacre in which 33 unarmed recruits were killed.[4] The PKK said the attack was to avenge a high-ranking PKK commander killed by Turkish operations in Iraqi Kurdistan earlier.[5]
Turkish security forces claimed to have killed 49 PKK fighters in their retaliation during the following days, according to Turkish media.[6]
According to claims made by Turkish authorities, the attack was carried out by the Syrian branch of the PKK, led by Dr. Bahoz Erdal.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c "PKK kills 24 security members, injures 18 in Hakkari terror attacks". TodaysZaman. Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "PKK kills 24 Turkish troops, Ankara hits back". Reuters. 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Kurdish rebels kill 26 Turkish soldiers in Hakkari". BBC News. 19 October 2011.
- ^ "26 Turkish soldiers killed in Kurdish attacks". Zee News. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ a b United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Refworld - Turkey Afraid Syria Will Target Its Kurdish Achilles' Heel". Refworld. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Radikal (22 October 2011). "TSK: 2 günde 49 PKK'lı öldürüldü" (in Turkish). İstanbul: Radikal Gazetesi. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
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- Conflicts in 2011
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