Turkish warplanes have bombed more than 20 Kurdish rebel targets both inside the country and across the border in northern Iraq.
The Turkish army said the targets on Tuesday belonged to the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers Party. The raid was the fourth strike against PKK hideouts inside Iraq Cyprus talks begin ...
Turkish soldiers killed in blast ...
Turkish jets attack PKK hideout ... since the militants killed 17 soldiers in a bloody attack Friday on a military outpost close to the border. Turkey charges that thousands of PKK rebels enjoy a safe haven in the autonomous Kurdish-run north of Iraq and use the region as a springboard for attacks on Turkish targets across the border. The PKK - considered a terrorist organization by the US and Europe - took up arms for self-rule in Turkey's predominantly Kurdish southeast in 1984. The conflict has claimed about 44,000 lives.
(Deutsche Welle)
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