Category: War, from Wikidata’s class “military operation”
2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq
Part of: Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: military operation (all its classes: Wikidata item)
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The 2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, code-named Operation Sun (Turkish: Güneş Harekatı) by the Turkish Armed Forces, began on February 21, 2008, when the Turkish Army sent troops into northern Iraq to target the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The ground offensive was preceded by Turkish Air Force bombardments of PKK camps in northern Iraq, which began on December 16, 2007. It was the "first confirmed ground incursion" of Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
Initial reports indicated that up to 10,000 troops had taken part in the operation, although the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Multi-National Force – Iraq claimed only a few hundred troops were involved.
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2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq. (2026, August 23). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_Turkish_incursion_into_northern_Iraq&oldid=1370816578
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“2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 23 Aug. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_Turkish_incursion_into_northern_Iraq&oldid=1370816578.
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