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Operation Murat, which was launched on 23 April 1998,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey )〕 by the Turkish Army against the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Turkey's South-Eastern Hakkâri Province. It is said to have been the largest Turkish military operation in the entire Kurdish–Turkish conflict or even the largest Turkish military operation since the foundation of the Republic of Turkey.〔 The Turkish Army used 40,000 troops to pursue 450 Kurdish guerillas led by Murat Karayılan.〔 Turkish forces however failed to kill or capture Karayılan after they cornered him in Kulp, Diyarbakir, in May.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Economist - World News, Politics, Economics, Business & Finance )〕 During the first three days of the operation, there were clashes in Diyarbakir, Bingöl, Muş and Bitlis. Within Diyarbakir province, the clashes were concentrated around Kulp, Lice and Hani and in Bingöl Province, they were centered on Genç. The military declared they killed 58 militants, captured 3 militants and lost 3 security forces during the first three days. Militants downed a military plane in Kulp, whereafter an Armenian businessman was detained.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TURKEY - From the papers )〕 Pro-PKK sources have alleged that former PKK military commander Şemdin Sakık aided Turkish forces during the operation, after he was captured by Turkish forces shortly after leaving the PKK to join forces with the Kurdistan Democratic Party.〔(The Şemdin Sakık Show )〕 ==See also== *October 2007 clashes in Hakkâri 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Murat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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