Operation Tokat

Operation Tokat (Turkish: Tokat Harekâtı) was an operation by the Turkish Air Forces and Turkish Land Forces into northern Iraq on 14 June 1996 against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). It was part of a larger operation called Operation Steel. After the operation, Turkish government claimed that 6 Turkish troops and 90 PKK rebels were killed.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

DateJune 14, 1996

Location

Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Result Turkish victory

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Operation Tokat
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
3D map of the North Iraq area
Date June 14, 1996 Location Kurdistan Region, Iraq Result Turkish victory
Belligerents
Turkey	PKK
Casualties and losses
6 deaths[1]	90 deaths[2]

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