Operation Dawn
Part of theKurdish–Turkish conflict andIraqi Kurdish Civil War
Date 25 September – 15 October 1997 Location Iraqi Kurdistan Result Turkish and KDP victory[2]
Belligerents
Turkey Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)	Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK)[1]
Commanders and leaders
İsmail Hakkı Karadayı	Ali Haydar Kaytan[3]
Strength
Turkey: 15,000[1] KDP: 8,000[2] Total: 23,000	2,000–3,000
Casualties and losses
31 killed 91 wounded	865 killed 37 captured[4]

Operation Dawn (Turkish:Sabah Harekâtı) was a cross-border operation by theTurkish Armed Forces (in conjunction with the forces of theKurdistan Democratic Party) into northernIraq between 25 September and 15 October 1997 against theKurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), followingOperation Hammer earlier the same year.

Turkey announced fatalities of a total of 31 personnel of 3 commissioned officers, 24 soldiers, and 4village guards; the injured at a total of 91 personnel out of 5 commissioned officers, 7 noncommissioned officers, 77 soldiers, and 2 village guards; and the total number of militants neutralized at 902, with 865 being killed and 37 being captured.^[5] Clashes between the PKK andKurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) resulted in 'considerable losses' for the KDP.^[6]

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