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Operation Dawn (2012)
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| Operation Dawn | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Turkey |
 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Necdet Özel |
Murat Karayılan | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,100 Security Forces | 500 soldiers (Turkish claim) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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22 killed 24 injured | 134 killed (60% of PKK members in the region) | ||||||
Operation Dawn (Turkish: Şafak Operasyonu) also referred as Operation Silent Epic (Turkish: Sessiz Destan Operasyonu) was an operation launched in 2012 by the Turkish Armed Forces against the PKK, who had taken control of Şemdinli.[1]
- ^ "Can Turkey and the United States Come Together on Drones?". War on the Rocks. 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
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