The October 2007 clashes in Hakkari were a series of clashes between the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the Turkish Armed Forces.
On 7–8 October, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) killed 15 Turkish soldiers.
In one of the heaviest single losses inflicted on the Turkish Armed Forces by the PKK, a large militant force ambushed an 18-man Turkish commando unit in the Garbar Mountains of Şırnak Province on 7 October, killing 13 soldiers and wounding th...
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The October 2007 clashes in Hakkari were a series of clashes between the Kurdistan Workers' Party and the Turkish Armed Forces.
On 7–8 October, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) killed 15 Turkish soldiers.
In one of the heaviest single losses inflicted on the Turkish Armed Forces by the PKK, a large militant force ambushed an 18-man Turkish commando unit in the Garbar Mountains of Şırnak Province on 7 October, killing 13 soldiers and wounding three. One PKK fighter was killed. Following the attack, the military shelled areas near the Iraq–Turkey border to prevent the militants from crossing into northern Iraq.
Some days after, the Grand National Assembly approved a measure granting Turkish troops the right to carry out an incursion into northern Iraq.
The PKK blew up a bridge to prevent reinforcements thirty minutes before the attack using 15 kilograms of explosives, cutting off the main route. The PKK attackers then launched an assault on a military outpost, killing 12 soldiers and...
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