2011 Hakkâri attack
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2011 Hakkâri attack
| 2011 Hakkari attacks | |||||
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| Part of PKK-Turkish Armed Forces conflict | |||||
 Location of Çukurca attack |
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Turkey |
 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) |
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Bahoz Erdal |
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| 100[1] | |||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 24 killed[1] 18 injured[1] |
23 killed during the attack; 49 killed in following operations (Turkish claim) |
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The 2011 Hakkari attacks occurred on the night of October 19, 2011,[2] when over 100 PKK fighters conducted several simultaneous attacks on police stations and military bases in Çukurca, Yüksekova and Hakkâri, resulting in the death of 24 and the injury of 18 Turkish soldiers and police[1] and the death of 23 PKK fighters.[3] It was the deadliest PKK attack on Turkish security forces since the May 24, 1993 PKK ambush in which 33 soldiers were killed.[4] The PKK claimed 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 next days.[6]
According to authorities, the attack was carried out by the Syrian branch of the PKK, led by Dr. Bahoz Erdal.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d PKK kills 24 security members, injures 18 in Hakkari terror attacks
- ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/19/us-turkey-kurds-idUSTRE79I0YF20111019
- ^ Hikmet Durgun; Remzi Budancir; Muzaffer Duru (20 October 2011). "Savaşa Aşıklarmış" (in Turkish). İstanbul: Taraf Gazetesi. http://www.taraf.com.tr/haber/savasa-asiklarmis.htm. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
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- ^ Radikal (22 October 2011). "TSK: 2 günde 49 PKK'lı öldürüldü" (in Turkish). İstanbul: Radikal Gazetesi. http://www.radikal.com.tr/Radikal.aspx?aType=RadikalDetayV3&ArticleID=1067181&Date=22.10.2011&CategoryID=77. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
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