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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] |
Åžemdinli
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] |