Operation Dawn (2012)

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Operation Dawn
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Date 8–19 September 2012 Location Şemdinli, Hakkari, Turkey Result Turkish victory
Belligerents
Turkey	Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Strength
2,000 personnel 100 village guards
Casualties and losses
6 killed plus 2 village guards killed	140 killed and one captured

Operation Dawn (Turkish: Şafak Operasyonu) also referred as Operation Silent Epic (Turkish: Sessiz Destan Operasyonu) was an operation launched by the Turkish Armed Forces against the PKK, who had taken control of Şemdinli.^[1]

Operation details[]

The operation was launched by the Turkish Army and backed by the Turkish Air Force and it lasted for 11 days. Remaining PKK officers have been summoned to the Qandil Mountains. On 29 September the government declared Şemdinli is fully controlled by Turkish forces and operations are about to move to other zones. During this operation a female PKK leader called Ader prepared an attack on an outpost that resulted in 9 soldiers killed.^[2]

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