The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Armed_Forces" id="mwARw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Turkish Armed Forces">Turkish Armed Forces</a> withdraw from northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba'athist_Iraq" id="mwAR0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ba'athist Iraq">Iraq</a> after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hammer_(1997)" id="mwAR4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Hammer (1997)">assisting</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Democratic_Party" id="mwAR8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kurdistan Democratic Party">Kurdistan Democratic Party</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Kurdish_Civil_War" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iraqi Kurdish Civil War">Iraqi Kurdish Civil War</a>.