Back الغزو التركي للعراق 2008 Arabic گونش حرکاتی AZB Уварванне Турцыі ў Ірак (2007—2008) Byelorussian Incursión turca en el norte de Irak Spanish Թուրքիայի ներխուժումը Իրաք (2007-2008) Armenian Serangan Turki ke Irak utara 2008 ID Incursione turca nel nord dell'Iraq del 2008 Italian Turcijas iebrukums Irākā Latvian/Lettish Serangan Turki ke atas Iraq utara 2008 Malay Ofensywa turecka w Iraku (2008) Polish
| Operation Sun | |||||||
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| Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict, Iraq War and the Iraqi civil war (2006–2008) | |||||||
.svg) Location of the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Turkey |
 PKK PJAK[1] | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Yaşar Büyükanıt İlker Başbuğ Aydoğan Babaoğlu Bekir Kalyoncu |
Murat Karayilan Fehman Huseyin Cemil Bayik Murat Karasac | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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5,000–10,000 troops or several hundred,[5][6] including 3,000 special forces[7] 14 aircraft | 5,000 (estimated) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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24 soldiers killed[8][9] |
237 killed, 3 captured[12] "Tens" killed (PKK claim)[citation needed] | ||||||
The 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, code-named Operation Sun (Turkish: Güneş Harekatı) by the Turkish Armed Forces, began on February 21, 2008, when the Turkish Army sent troops into northern Iraq to target the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[13] The ground offensive was preceded by Turkish Air Force bombardments of PKK camps in northern Iraq, which began on December 16, 2007.[14][15] It was the "first confirmed ground incursion" of Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.[16]
Initial reports indicated that up to 10,000 troops had taken part in the operation,[6] although the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Multi-National Force – Iraq claimed only a few hundred troops were involved.[5]
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