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2025:130 Turkish military installations in Iraqi Kurdistan
By April 2025, Turkey had built more than a hundred military facilities in Iraq and de facto controls 2,000 square kilometers of Iraqi territory.
Turkey has built more than 130 military installations in northern Iraq, effectively occupying parts of Iraq, according to the BBC. Satellite images and reports from the field indicate that the vast majority of bases appeared after 2018.
Officially, Turkey explains its presence by fighting the Kurdish group Kurdistan Workers' Party, which is considered terrorist in Turkey.
The Turks, under the pretext of fighting the Kurds, simply occupied part of the territory of another state.
The Turks implemented a similar method in Syria, where they used their proxies in the person of the "Syrian National Army." At this time, their proxies control areas north of Aleppo, as well as the area along the Tel Abyad - Ras Al Ain line.
2023: Turkish Armed Forces continue military operations
2022: Turkey launches new operation in Iraqi Kurdistan
On April 17, 2022, SV special forces units Turkey with artillery support landed in the Metina, Zap and Avashin districts of Dahuk province with UAV support from the air. The positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party were attacked by F-16 aircraft.
The Turkish foreign minister said: "If we see a fire in our neighboring country, we come to extinguish it."
Defense Minister Hulusi Akar: "The tasks of the first stage of the special operation have been achieved. Unlike previous operations, this will be long, as Turkey will not stop until the last terrorist is killed. "
On Turkish television, in addition to the above-mentioned areas of the operation, it is said that the territories at the Sinjar-Mosul line may be possible final goals.
Simultaneously with the operation, bots started working on social networks talking about "Great Turkey" with part of the territories of Iraq, Syria and Greece.
On the morning of April 18, the Iraqi official authorities did not speak out about the actions of the Turkish Armed Forces.
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