Operation Hawk

Operation Hawk
	Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
Date	April 1996
Location	Diyarbakır Province and Bingöl Province
Result	Turkish victory
Belligerents
Turkey	PKK
Commanders and leaders
Hilmi Özkök	Unknown
Strength
10,000	Unknown
Casualties and losses
40	241

Operation Hawk (Turkish language: Atmaca Harekâtı) was a military operation conducted by the Turkish Armed Forces against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) positions in Diyarbakır and Bingöl in April 1996.

The operation started on the night of 5 April 1996 in mountainous areas between Lice, Hani, Kulp and Genç. As a result, 241 PKK militas and 40 Turkish troops died and 6 PKK militas were captured alive. Troops from 7th Corps in Diyarbakır and 8th Corps in Elazığ, Turkish Air Force and units from Gendarmerie General Command and Police Special Operation Department were involved in the operation.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References[]

↑ "Cumhuriyet-12.4.1996 Günü 6. Sayfa". https://www.cumhuriyetarsivi.com/katalog/192/sayfa/1996/4/12/6.xhtml.
↑ "Bağlar saldırısı ve Lice kırsalı" (in tr). https://www.milliyet.com.tr/yazarlar/tolga-sardan/baglar-saldirisi-ve-lice-kirsali-2221984.
↑ "MİLLİYET GAZETE ARŞİVİ". http://gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr/.
↑ (in tr) Dış basında Türk Silahlı Kuvvetlerinin PKK'ya karşı ilkbahar harekatı (Atmaca Harekatı): 8 Nisan-24 Nisan 1996. T.C. Başbakanlık Basın-Yayın ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüğü. 1996. https://books.google.com/books?id=atw3ywAACAAJ.
↑ "Osman Aydoğan". http://www.sehriyar.info/?pnum=481&pt=TSK%E2%80%99nin%20s%C4%B1n%C4%B1r%20%C3%B6tesi%20harek%C3%A2tlar%C4%B1%20%C3%BCzerine%20bir%20d%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BCnce.

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[1] "Cumhuriyet-12.4.1996 Günü 6. Sayfa". https://www.cumhuriyetarsivi.com/katalog/192/sayfa/1996/4/12/6.xhtml.

[2] "Bağlar saldırısı ve Lice kırsalı" (in tr). https://www.milliyet.com.tr/yazarlar/tolga-sardan/baglar-saldirisi-ve-lice-kirsali-2221984.

[3] "MİLLİYET GAZETE ARŞİVİ". http://gazetearsivi.milliyet.com.tr/.

[4] (in tr) Dış basında Türk Silahlı Kuvvetlerinin PKK'ya karşı ilkbahar harekatı (Atmaca Harekatı): 8 Nisan-24 Nisan 1996. T.C. Başbakanlık Basın-Yayın ve Enformasyon Genel Müdürlüğü. 1996. https://books.google.com/books?id=atw3ywAACAAJ.

[5] "Osman Aydoğan". http://www.sehriyar.info/?pnum=481&pt=TSK%E2%80%99nin%20s%C4%B1n%C4%B1r%20%C3%B6tesi%20harek%C3%A2tlar%C4%B1%20%C3%BCzerine%20bir%20d%C3%BC%C5%9F%C3%BCnce.

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