| August 1986 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq | |||||||
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| Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict | |||||||
.gif) 3D map of the North Iraq area | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Turkey |
 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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8,000 troops 10 war planes | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None[1] | 165 killed | ||||||
The August 1986 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, by the Turkish Air Forces and Turkish Land Forces, began on 15 August 1986, when the Turkish Military bombed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets[2][3][4][5] in northern Iraq and Turkish troops crossed the Iraqi border[6] as a respond to PKK attack in Uludere, Hakkari on 12 August 1986 which killed 12 Turkish soldiers and injured 10 others.[7]
- ^ "Arama sonuçları".
- ^ "Geçmişten günümüze Irak'ın kuzeyine tüm harekatlar". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 12 July 2010. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ "Bianet". bianet.org. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ Yüksel, Emincan. "TSK'nın Sınır Ötesi Harekatları". www.dogrulukpayi.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ "İşte gün gün yapılan sınır ötesi operasyonlar". www.haberturk.com (in Turkish). 22 February 2008. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ "Yıl yıl kara operasyonları". Milliyet (in Turkish). 23 February 2008. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
- ^ "PKK'ya yönelik ilk hava harekatı böyle yapılmıştı".