20,000 Turkish soldiers in operation against the PKK, (Kurdistan Workers' Party)

From "Warandpiece", Bloomberg and Reuters comes this:

"Turkey's military sent 20,000 soldiers to the country's southeastern province of Sirnak in an operation against the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, CNN-Turk said.Turkish Army units, supported by local paramilitaries and 20 attack helicopters, were searching mountains in the area for members of the armed group, the Istanbul-based television channel said, citing unidentified security officials.Turkey has fought a two-decade war against the PKK at the cost of almost 40,000 lives, most of them Kurdish. The Turkish government says the U.S. and Iraq aren't doing enough to stop PKK fighters based in neighboring northern Iraq from crossing the border to mount attacks in Turkey.The PKK seeks autonomy for Kurds in Turkey's southeast from the central government in Ankara. The group is described as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the European Union."