Operation Steel
| Operation Steel Çelik Harekâtı | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Turkey | Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Hasan Kundakçı | Abdullah Öcalan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 100,000 | 2,400–5,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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64 killed 185 wounded |
568 killed 13 captured | ||||||
Operation Steel (Turkish: Çelik Harekâtı) was a cross-border operation by the Turkish Armed Forces into northern Iraq between 20 March and 4 May 1995 against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The invasion of Iraqi Kurdistan was a short term military operation and ended with both sides losing heavy casualties .