Turkey has made its response to Kurdish rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party of PKK by bombing Kurdish rebel bases in the border regions of IraqBaghdad (EON) - Turkey has made its response to Kurdish rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party of PKK by bombing Kurdish rebel bases in the border regions of Iraq.

Turkey was hit over the weekend by a deadly ambush as a dozen or so Turkish soldiers were killed by the Kurdish rebels.

The raid has put an increased pressure on Turkey to make a huge impact in Iraq on the PKK near the northern border of the country.

Turkey has yet to launch a full-scale assault against them but has begun to tak esteps towards it. A military aircraft left the Diyarbakir military airport in southeast Turkey and headed for a huge attack against the PKK militants.

The F-16 fighter jets and rockets hit the Kurdish rebel camps close to the border and went as far as 50 kilometers into Iraq. It is believed that the death toll for the rebels is currently at 34 at the very least.

Over the last two weeks of violence Turkey has suffered deaths of over 30 soldiers, building great pressure for this type of attack and response.
The PKK has denied any casualties thus far.