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| Title | Turkey warns may launch ground operation in northern Iraq |
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Country | Iraq | Turkey |
| Publication Date | 13 September 2011 |
| Cite as | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Turkey warns may launch ground operation in northern Iraq, 13 September 2011, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4e8973c7c.html [accessed 27 May 2012] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Turkey warns may launch ground operation in northern Iraq
September 13, 2011
Turkey warned today it was considering launching a possible ground operation against Kurdish separatist militants in northern Iraq.
Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin told reporters that launching a ground operation depended on the result of talks with Iraq.
Turkey's armed forces last week said that air and artillery strikes on suspected bases of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region killed 145 to 160 PKK fighters.
Turkish media said a senior Turkish official, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu, met Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, himself a Kurd, in Baghdad, as well as Kurdish regional officials in Irbil.
More than 40,000 people have been killed since the PKK began its armed struggle against the Turkish state in 1984.
Reuters
Link to original story on RFE/RL website
Topics: Militias, Kurd, Military operations,
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