Military operation in Kirkuk
16.10.2017

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Families from Kirkuk are seen in their cars to take the road to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah due to the chaos situation in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Feriq Fereç

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Families from Kirkuk are seen in their cars to take the road to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah due to the chaos situation in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Feriq Fereç

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Families from Kirkuk are seen in their cars to take the road to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah due to the chaos situation in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Feriq Fereç

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: A man performs prayer on the road as families from Kirkuk are seen in their cars to take the road to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah due to the chaos situation in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Feriq Fereç

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: A girl looks out from a window of a car as families from Kirkuk to take the road to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah due to the chaos situation in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Feriq Fereç

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Families from Kirkuk are seen in their cars to take the road to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah due to the chaos situation in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Feriq Fereç

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Families from Kirkuk are seen in their cars to take the road to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah due to the chaos situation in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Feriq Fereç

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Families from Kirkuk are seen in their cars to take the road to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah due to the chaos situation in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Feriq Fereç

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: PKK militants, who take their guns from peshmergas, and peshmergas open fire on Iraqi forces at the streets in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Feriq Fereç

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: PKK militants, who take their guns from peshmergas, and peshmergas open fire on Iraqi forces at the streets in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Stringer

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: PKK militants, who take their guns from peshmergas, gather with their guns on roads to make a street barricade in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Stringer - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Stringer

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: PKK militants, who take their guns from peshmergas, gather with their guns on roads to make a street barricade in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Stringer - Anadolu Agency )

Iraqi Army continue to advance in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Ali Mukarrem Garip

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Iraqi Army's vehicles are seen as their shipments to center and around of Kirkuk continue at Mektep Halit region of southern Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi Army continue to advance in convoys in some regions of Kirkuk. ( Ali Mukarrem Garip - Anadolu Agency )

Iraqi Army continue to advance in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Ali Mukarrem Garip

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Iraqi Army's vehicles are seen as their shipments to center and around of Kirkuk continue at Mektep Halit region of southern Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi Army continue to advance in convoys in some regions of Kirkuk. ( Ali Mukarrem Garip - Anadolu Agency )

Iraqi Army continue to advance in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Ali Mukarrem Garip

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Iraqi Army's members are seen as their shipments to center and around of Kirkuk continue at Mektep Halit region of southern Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi Army continue to advance in convoys in some regions of Kirkuk. ( Ali Mukarrem Garip - Anadolu Agency )

Iraqi Army continue to advance in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Ali Mukarrem Garip

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Iraqi Army's members gesture in front of a military vehicle as their shipments to center and around of Kirkuk continue at Mektep Halit region of southern Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi Army continue to advance in convoys in some regions of Kirkuk. ( Ali Mukarrem Garip - Anadolu Agency )

Iraqi Army continue to advance in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Ali Mukarrem Garip

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Iraqi Army's members are seen as their shipments to center and around of Kirkuk continue at Mektep Halit region of southern Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi Army continue to advance in convoys in some regions of Kirkuk. ( Ali Mukarrem Garip - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Yunus Keleş

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Families from Kirkuk are seen in their cars to take the road to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah due to the chaos situation in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Yunus Keleş

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Families from Kirkuk go to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah due to the chaos situation in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Yunus Keleş - Anadolu Agency )

Military operation in Kirkuk
Fotoğraf: Feriq Fereç

KIRKUK, IRAQ - OCTOBER 16: Families from Kirkuk are seen in their cars to take the road to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah due to the chaos situation in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Iraqi forces on Monday seized full control of the Kirkuk's Airport, 70th brigade command of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Kirkuk's Northern Oil Company, the Baba Gurgur oil field and K1 Military base in southeastern Kirkuk as part of a military operation in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, according to a military officer. ( Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency )

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