Turkish troops moving in Cukurca district of Hakkari in southeastern
Turkey crossed the border into Iraqi Kurdistan on the night between
Friday and Saturday, ANF reported.
According to the news outlet’s
reporters, Turkish fighter jets began to carry out airstrikes in the
Cukurca border area at 20:00 local time on Friday evening after which
Turkish troops started to move across the border into Iraq.
The
military advance into Iraq was followed by heavy clashes between
Turkey’s armed forces and guerrilla units of the People’s Defence Forces
(HPG), the armed wing of the Kurdistan Worker’s Party
