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Index 2008 Aktütün attack

The 2008 Aktütün attack was a terrorist attack by PKK (Kurdistan Worker’s Party, a Marxist Leninist terrorist group as recognized by the US, EU, Turkey etc.) on conscript soldiers doing their duty at a border guard point which took place on 3 October 2008 at the Aktütün Gendarmerie Border Station in the Şemdinli district of Hakkari.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 10 relations: İlker Başbuğ, Şemdinli, Hakkâri Province, Iraq, Iraq War, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Star TV (Turkish TV channel), Taraf, Turkey, Turkish Armed Forces.

  2. 2008 in Turkey
  3. Kurdistan Workers' Party
  4. Kurdistan Workers' Party attacks

İlker Başbuğ

Mehmet İlker Başbuğ (born 29 April 1943) is a Turkish former general who served as the 26th Chief of the General Staff of Turkey.

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Şemdinli

Şemdinli (script, Šamzdīn or) is a town located in the Şemdinli District of Hakkari Province in Turkey and had a population of 18,220 in 2023.

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Hakkâri Province

Hakkâri Province (Hakkâri ili; Parêzgeha Colemêrg), is a province in the southeast of Turkey.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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Kurdistan Workers' Party

The Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement which historically operated throughout Kurdistan but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq.

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Star TV (Turkish TV channel)

Star TV is a Turkish nationwide TV channel.

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Taraf

Taraf ("Side" in Turkish) was a liberal newspaper in Turkey.

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Turkish Armed Forces

The Turkish Armed Forces (TAF; Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri, TSK) are the military forces of the Republic of Turkey.

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See also

2008 in Turkey

Kurdistan Workers' Party

Kurdistan Workers' Party attacks

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Aktütün_attack

Also known as October 2008 Aktütün attack.