Operation Dawn (1997)
| Operation Dawn | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict and Iraqi Kurdish Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Turkey Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) |
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| İsmail Hakkı Karadayı | Ali Haydar Kaytan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Total: 23,000 | 2,000–3,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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31 killed 91 wounded |
865 killed 37 captured | ||||||
Operation Dawn (Turkish: Şafak Harekâtı) was a cross-border operation by the Turkish Armed Forces (in conjunction with the forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party) into northern Iraq between 25 September and 15 October 1997 against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), following Operation Hammer earlier the same year.