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| Operation Dawn | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of theKurdish–Turkish conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Turkey |  Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Necdet Özel | Murat Karayılan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,100 Security Forces | 500 soldiers (Turkish claim) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 22 killed 24 injured | 134 killed (60% of PKK members in the region) | ||||||
Operation Dawn (Turkish:Şafak Operasyonu) also referred asOperation Silent Epic (Turkish:Sessiz Destan Operasyonu) was an operation launched in 2012 by theTurkish Armed Forces against thePKK, who had taken control of Şemdinli.[1]
The operation was launched by theTurkish Army and backed by theTurkish Air Force and it lasted for 11 days. Remaining PKK officers have been summoned to theQandil 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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