Operation Dawn (2012)

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Operation Dawn
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Date 8–19 September 2012 Location Şemdinli, Hakkari, Turkey Result Major Turkish Victory
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]