According to NRT TV: at least two MIT officers who were in the base are injured as most of the other soldiers and MIT officers have left the base. And according to local media in Shiladze, at least ten protesters are injured by the fire of 'MIT officers'.
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Apparently, protesters have attacked the Turkish military base in Shiladze and an MIT base in a nearby village called Sirine.
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Now NRT reports via local authorities that at least one protester is dead while several others are injured. And local FB pages from the area claim KDP security from Duhok is deployed in the area to quell the protests.
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Some background: Turkey has 14 military bases and four MIT offices in
#Kurdistan's Duhok province (plus six bases in Erbil province) The one attack is number 1 in this map below:#Kurdistanpic.twitter.com/m69kcVt7AE2 replies 16 retweets 23 likesShow this thread -
Turkish military bases (the ones we know) in Erbil province, unlike the ones in Duhok that mostly date back to 1997, most of these bases in Erbil are new except for the one near Erbil city is years old:pic.twitter.com/MXKgVrbW4b
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Abdulla Hawez Retweeted Abdulla Hawez
Turkish officers in the area, backed by local KDP authorities, have been trying to build relations with the locals - such as the one below:https://twitter.com/abdullahawez/status/859590998938320897 …
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It is also important to note that PKK has been active and roughly in control, semi-control of most of the northern villages of Duhok and Erbil provinces as mapped below:pic.twitter.com/BtUiQywnlG
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Turkish fire jets are flying low over Shiladze and drop sound bombs to disperse protesters, who stormed a Turkish military base hour ago to protest the death of at least two local civilians a couple days ago.pic.twitter.com/1oJyzzNT3M
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Abdulla Hawez Retweeted Millî Savunma Bakanlığı
TR defense ministry says attack on their base in Shiladze was 'provoked' by PKK: 'There was an attack on one of our bases in North Iraq from a provocation attempt by PKK, there was partial damage to the vehicles and the situation is dealt with accordingly'https://twitter.com/tcsavunma/status/1089164952819154945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3Atcsavunma%7Ctwcon%5Etimelinechrome&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msb.gov.tr%2FAnasayfa%2FIndex …
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Few things about
#Shiladze: - It is one of a few towns in Duhok province where KDP ISN'T popular (despite everything) - Actually, in 2013 regional elections, pro-Muslim Brotherhood KIU party won elections in the town - Shiladze was site of major anti-austerity protests last yearpic.twitter.com/IbgV8fg4Ip1 reply 8 retweets 11 likesShow this thread
One interesting note about Masrour Barzani owned K24 and Nechervan Barzani owned Rudaw re the events in Shiladze: - Both were silent in the first hours (while NRT was on fire) - They posted one news later - Their 2nd post re the protests was the statement by TR defense ministry!pic.twitter.com/AZUb6U06g0
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