"After PKK Attacks on Soldiers, Turks Clamor for Incursion into Iraq
Handan T. Satiroglu | Bio | 15 Oct 2007
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'Daddy, I thought you were coming home after Bayram,' read somber headlines in newspapers across Turkey Oct. 10, capturing the sentiments of the daughters of a soldier killed by a PKK ambush in southeastern Turkey. Bayram is the three-day celebration that started Oct. 12 to mark the end of the month of Ramadan. It is custom for fathers, sons, brothers and husbands fulfilling their military duties to return home on Bayram to briefly visit their loved ones, and bring presents and candies to children."
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