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Turkey Launches Offensive Against Kurdish
PKK Rebels
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January
22, 2007
ANKARA ,- Turkey has launched another
offensive against Kurdish insurgents.
The Turkish military has begun a major operation
against the Kurdish Workers Party near the border
with Iraq. Officials said the offensive began on
January 19 in southeastern Turkey near the city of
Tunceli.
The Turkish operation included air and ground
strikes against PKK strongholds in the mountains
along the border. Officials said suspected PKK camps
were bombed and strafed.
The offensive included Turkey military and security
forces.
Officials said two AH-1S Cobra attack helicopters were deployed in the
operation.
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The use of the term "Kurdistan" is vigorously
rejected due to its alleged political implications
by the Republic of Turkey, which does not recognize
the existence of a "Turkish Kurdistan"
Southeast Turkey. The Kurds have no rights in
Turkey.
Others estimate as many as 40 million Kurds live in
Big Kurdistan (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Armenia),
which covers an area as big as France, about half of
all Kurds which estimate to 20 million live in
Turkey.
The Kurdish flag flown officially in Iraqi Kurdistan but
unofficially flown by Kurds in Armenia. The flag is
banned in Iran, Syria, and Turkey where flying it is
a criminal offence"
Southeastern Turkey:
North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey) wikipedia
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