"Both the Turkish authorities and the Turkish Kurd nationalist movement have moved to a more aggressive position in recent months," Hugh Pope, the International Crisis Group's Turkey project director, told SETimes. "Since the PKK is based in northern Iraq and has killed at least 38 Turkish soldiers in the past two months, it is not surprising therefore that the Turkish Air Force is striking out."
„I turske vlasti i kurdski nacionalistički pokret zauzeli su agresivniji stav poslednjih meseci“ kaže Hju Poup, projektni direktor za Tursku Međunarodne krizne grupe, za SETimes. „Pošto je PKK bazirana u severnom Iraku i pošto je ubila najmanje 38 turskih vojnika u protekla dva meseca, nije ni čudo da je Turska uzvratila vazdušnim napadom.“