1983-1987 KUZEY IRAK'TAKİ TÜRK SINIR ÖTESİ OPERASYONLARININ HUKUKÎLİĞİ.

The Kurdish rebel group PKK, which is classified as a terrorist organization by Turkey, as well as the EU and the US, has been waging an armed separatist campaign against Turkey for almost four decades. Turkey has conducted frequent cross-border military operations against the PKK in Northern Iraq, where the group's bases and headquarters are located. This paper will assess the first three of those, the ground offensive of May 1983 and the air attacks of August 1986 and March 1987, from the perspective of jus ad bellum. All three were conducted by "the Iraqi consent", which is the key part of the present work. This consent was given by the legal government of Iraq and the Turkish side acted within the limits of it. That's why the 1983-1987 Turkish cross-border operations in Northern Iraq do not violate the prohibition on the use of force, and consequently, should be considered legal under international law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]