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2008 Aktütün Attack
The 2008 Aktütün attack was a PKK attack on Turkish conscript soldiers that occurred on 3 October 2008 at the Aktütün Gendarmerie Border Station in the Şemdinli, Şemdinli district of Hakkari Province, Hakkari. The conflict took place at the 13th Gendarmerie Border Company Command, which is 4 kilometers from the Iraq War, Iraqi border and 40 kilometers from the Iranian border. 17 Turkish soldiers died and 21 were injured, two of them seriously, when 120 to 350 Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK members opened fire at the station with heavy weaponry from the surrounding heights. 23 Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK members were killed. During the conflict, two soldiers were reported missing and are thought to be dead. A variety of weapons were used in the attack, including anti-aircraft guns and different types of missiles. The attack was filmed by PKK members with three separate cameras and later published on various websites used by the organization for propaganda purposes.The foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Şemdinli
Şemdinli (, or ) is a town located in the Şemdinli District of Hakkari Province in Turkey and had a population of 18,220 in 2023. The current mayor is Tahir Saklı from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), elected in 2019. The town is populated by Kurds of the Humaru and Zerzan Kurdish tribes and moreover of mixed tribal and non-tribal origin. Neighborhoods Şemdinli is divided into the five neighborhoods of Beşevler, Karşıyaka, Moda, Yayla and Yeni. Kurdish-Turkish conflict Conflict between the PKK and the Turkish state forces A bomb exploded in Şemdinli town centre on November 1, 2005. It was officially attributed to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an armed Kurdish militant group. On November 9 one man was killed in a grenade attack on a local bookshop. The suspects of this attack, however, were caught in the act by bystanders. They were said to be members of a Turkish Gendarmerie unit, JITEM. The resulting investigation developed into a major politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 2008 In Turkey
October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôctō'' meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. In Ancient Rome, one of three Mundus patet would take place on October 5, Meditrinalia October 11, Augustalia on October 12, October Horse on October 15, and Armilustrium on October 19. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. Among the Anglo-Saxons, it was known as Winterfylleth (Ƿinterfylleþ), because at this full moon, winter was supposed to begin. October is commonly associated with the season of autumn in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa. Symbols October's birthstones are the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
