Operation Dawn (1997)

The PKK and the Iraqi army came and attacked Turkey and the PKK and Saddam Hussein won

Operation Dawn
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict and Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
Date 25 September – 15 October 1997 Location Iraqi Kurdistan Result Turkish victory [1]
Belligerents
Iraq	Turkey
Commanders and leaders
	Şervan Haidari
Strength
377 militants	722 soldiers

pkk and iraq victory

Operation Dawn (Turkish: Şafak Harekâtı) was a cross-border operation by the Turkish Armed Forces (in conjunction with the forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party) into northern Iraq between 25 September and 15 October 1997 against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), following Operation Hammer earlier the same year.