(ap)-Turkey of Ankara Turkish soldiers, air force bombers and helicopters launched the invasion of northern Iraq (Wednesday) hours, Kurdish rebels killed 24 soldiers, and in the boundary of the 18 people were injured along the attack.
Prime minister erdogan canceled a visit to kazakhstan, and held a nationally televised news conference announced that Turkey has launched "most hilarious" operations, officials often use of words to describe the cross-border offensive in northern Iraq.
"We will never give in to any internal or external Turkey's attacks," he said.
The Turkish army and interior minister and defence minister chief to border areas in the supervision of insurgent attacks, the United States and NATO have issued a statement, support the attack, in three years the biggest.
NTV television said the Turkish military has deep into Iraq about 2.5 miles (4 km), the transport helicopter across the border. Many Ann, kyodo news agency said DuoGe 20 Kurdish rebel in the subsequent killed, but did not provide breakdown Numbers. Whether report determine its origin.
Now the invasion seems to be limited to a certain range. Finally in Iraq on Turkey in 2008 at the beginning of a major ground offensive.
Wednesday's attack began, the rebel, who is in southeastern Turkey for autonomous hours, staged Cukurca and Yuksekova border towns nearby military outposts and the police station and attack.
The interior ministry said first, 26 soldiers were killed, 22 people were injured, but Mr Erdogan to correct these figures do not explain differences, 24 deaths, 18 people were injured. This is deadly kurds in Turkey since the 1990 s military rebellion against.
The Kurdish workers party's Kurdish rebel group, or Kurdish PKK, said the fight in two separate area near the mountains of Iraq-the place where the Turkish border.
"We have been and Turkish forces in two aspects the conflict, because today at 3 o 'clock," Dostdar Hamo, in northern Iraq insurgency group spokesman told the Associated Press by telephone.
In Baghdad, Iraqi government spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
Turkey requirements to Iraq last week in northern Iraq insurgency base, said: "the" patience is facing in Turkey from the Iraqi territory of insurgent attacks ".
"No one should forget those who let we suffer from this kind of pain, will suffer more strong" President abdullah gul, told reporters Wednesday. "They will see, these attacks will be huge, revenge DuoCi strong."
A kiss Kurdish party, who is the Kurdish rebel group, called on the government and the rebels up the link authorities blame.
"Turkey's most urgent need to is peace," peace and the Democrats said. He said: "we are calling for the government to immediately stop war and the Kurdish PKK, do not break a second".
Many Ann, kyodo news agency said about 200 Kurdish rebels, believe that has set up a file in the attack to Wednesday.
NTV television says Turkey aircraft and artillery units, just in the position of Turkey, in across the border of Kurdish rebel base attack response.
The rebels to strengthen the country's recent in the Kurdish people in the southeast of dominant their attack, dozens of countries of the members of the security forces since mid-june, at least 18 civilians were killed.
On Tuesday, a roadside bomb exploded, killing five policemen and three civilians, including a four-year-old girl. Wednesday's attack by rebels public outrage, many people hang red and white Windows and balcony, in Turkey's capital Ankara, Turkey's national flag.
Group A 27-year-old Kurdish conflict of anger Turkey trying to veterans trying to the prime minister's office, Shouting: "martyrs will never die!"
Conflict killing tens of thousands of people since 1984, as the Kurdish politicians greater cultural and political rights kurds, about 20% of Turkey's 740000 people, such as mother tongue education rights, push-a demand, the Turkish government worry may deepen the divide in the country's race.
The government has taken steps to allow Kurdish language institute and private kurds programs, and Kurdish television broadcast, to the more extensive Kurdish language education. But it will not allow in the Kurdish of the low level of education.
For Turkey to join the European Union, promote the Turkish government granted kurds more rights. But, the countries of the European Union also called for a Kurdish member of distance, it was considered by the United States and the European Union a terrorist organization of the PKK Kurdish.
"As a friend and ally, the United States will continue with the Turkish people and the government of the kurdistan workers party's struggle, the United States has officially designated as a terrorist organization standpoint," Francis in more than just in darfur, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey ambassador said in a statement. "Without any political career, and not a religion, for terrorism can excuse."
The U.S. stock and Turkish drone monitoring data, to help against Kurdish rebels in the struggle, in Turkey Turkey soil predator drone might deploy after talks, U.S. troops leave Iraq, the Turkish government.
NATO secretary-general rasmussen also condemn Kurdish rebel violence.
"NATO's name, I most strongly condemned the attack of the wording of the recent, killed or wounded several Turkish soldiers, police and civilians, including a child in southeastern Turkey," rasmussen said in a statement.




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