The heavy bombardment lasted approximately an hour, after which the jets moved on to stage a reconnaissance fight over Kandil.

Six Turkish F-16's, which set off from Diyarbakır and headed across the border from Çukurca, Hakkari to the Zap Valley in Northern Iraq, staged an air bombardment on seven previously determined targets, including shelters used by the PKK.

This is a translation of an article originally written by Hüseyin Kacar.