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Operation Dawn | |||||||
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Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Turkey | Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Necdet Özel | Murat Karayılan | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,100 Security Forces | 500 soldiers (Turkish claim) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
22 killed 24 injured | 134 killed (60% of PKK members in the region) |
Operation Dawn (Turkish: Şafak Operasyonu) also referred as Operation Silent Epic (Turkish: Sessiz Destan Operasyonu) was an operation launched by the Turkish Armed Forces against the PKK, who had taken control of Şemdinli.[1]