Turkish soldier in Iraq killed fighting PKK

The deadly attack took place in the autonomous Kurdistan Region near the Turkish border, and followed the deaths of two Turkish soldiers in Syria over the weekend.
Funeral for Turkish soldier
A Turkish soldier was killed in northern Iraq during an operation against the Kurdistan Workers Party on July 26, 2021. Here, a relative bids farewell to one of three Turkish military personnel killed in action during an operation against Kurds in northern Iraq, following funeral prayers at the Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque in Ankara, Turkey, on Feb. 12, 2021. - ADEM ALTAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Turkish soldier was killed fighting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq on Monday. 

The soldier died when the PKK attacked Turkish forces doing a road patrol in the Hakurk area, Turkey’s official Anadolu Agency reported. Hakurk is near the Turkish border in the autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. 

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