Ignoring objections from Baghdad, 10,000 Turkish troops crossed into Iraq Friday to attack Kurdish rebel bases. Iraq denounced the incursion and demanded that the troops withdraw. While the army pressed its attack, protesters in southern Turkey, angered by the arrest of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan earlier this week, fired on police. Around 37,000 people have been killed since 1984, when fighting erupted over Kurdish attempts to establish a separate homeland in southeastern Turkey.
Turks in Iraq
Ignoring objections from Baghdad, 10,000 Turkish troops crossed into Iraq Friday to attack Kurdish rebel bases. Iraq denounced the incursion and demanded that the troops withdraw. While the army pressed its attack, protesters in southern Turkey, angered by the arrest of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan earlier this week, fired on police. Around 37,000 people have been killed since 1984, when fighting erupted over Kurdish attempts to establish a separate homeland in southeastern Turkey.
