The shadow of a man is pictured on a Turkish flag as he chants slogans against the PKK, during the funeral ceremony of Vedat Kutluca, who was killed by Kurdish rebels, in Keskin, town of Kirikkale. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday ordered the closure of offices run by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), saying Iraq would no longer allow the "terrorist" group to operate on its soil.(AFP/Adem Altan)
Turkish people wave national flags as they protest against the separatist Kurdish rebel group, the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers Party, in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his nation cannot wait forever for the Iraqi government to act against rebels in the north, but British Prime Minister Gordon Brown continued to urge restraint. (AP Photo/Serkan Senturk)
Map shows Turkish troop activity along Iraq border; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76.2 mm
A Turkish soldier walks in the province of Sirnak, on the Turkish-Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey. The United States said Tuesday that it may provide Turkey with intelligence to help its armed forces strike Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, but downplayed talk of joint military operations.(AFP/Mustafa Ozer)
Turkish soldier patrols in an army vehicle on a road in the southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq, October 22, 2007. Turkey was poised on Monday to strike against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq but said it would wait to give Washington a few days to try to curb the separatists. (Stringer/Reuters)
A Turkish soldier patrols along a road in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak October 23, 2007. Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan flew to Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraq's government in an effort to pressure Iraqi and U.S. authorities to crack down on Kurdish guerrillas, officials said. (Osman Orsal/Reuters)
Turkish army vehicles head towards Turkey's border with Iraq in a mountainous region near the town of Yuksekova in the southeastern Hakkari province.
Turkish soldiers search for mines as they patrol along a road surrounded by rugged mountains in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak, bordering Iraq, October 23, 2007. Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan flew to Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraq's government in an effort to pressure Iraqi and U.S. authorities to crack down on Kurdish guerrillas, officials said. (Osman Orsal/Reuters)
Turkish army troops head towards the border with Iraq in the town of Sirnak.
Turkish soldiers search for mines as they patrol a road near Yuksekova in southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border, October 22, 2007.
Turkish commandos secure the area before crossing a river during an operation to chase Kurdish rebels in the rugged mountains of southeastern Turkey near the Iraqi border, October 22, 2007.
A Turkish commando carrying a heavy machine gun patrols in the province of Sirnak, on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007
A Turkish soldier patrols in an armoured vehicle on a road in the southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq, October 22, 2007.
Schoolchildren walk past an armored military vehicle and a patrolling Turkish soldier in the province of Sirnak, on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.
A Turkish military convoy passes through a village in the province of Sirnak, on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.
A Turkish soldier and pro-government village guard, left, patrol as a military vehicle passes by in the province of Sirnak, on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.
Turkish soldiers take positions as they patrol in the province of Hakkari, near the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007
urkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan speaks during a news conference at the Iraqi foreign affairs ministry in Baghdad, October 23, 2007. Iraq, anxious to avert a Turkish military strike into its territory, pledged on Tuesday to rein in Kurdish separatists who are launching attacks on Turkey from northern Iraq. Zebari, after crisis talks in Baghdad with Babacan, said Iraq would restrict the movement of PKK rebels and target their funding. (Wathiq Khuzaie/Pool/Reuters)
A young Turk holds a banner that reads ' we'll seize Parliament, we'll hang 23 people,' in apparent reference to the 23 pro-Kurdish lawmakers during the funeral of Vedat Kutluca, one of 12 soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels at the Turkey-Iraq border Sunday, in Keskin, some 100 kilometers 62 miles) east of Ankara, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Funerals were held for the slain soldiers on Tuesday in several cities and several thousands of mourners, waving flags, chanted: 'Martyrs never die! The nation will never be divided!!'(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
A Turkish student waves a national flag during the funeral of Vedat Kutluca, one of 12 soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels at the Turkey-Iraq border Sunday, in Keskin, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Ankara, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Funerals were held for the slain soldiers on Tuesday in several cities and several thousands of mourners, waving flags, chanted: 'Martyrs never die! The nation will never be divided!!'(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Turks march to the cemetery where some of the town's 141 martyrs ( soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels) were buried during the funeral of Vedat Kutluca, one of 12 soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels at the Turkey-Iraq border Sunday, in Keskin, some 100 kilometers 62 miles) east of Ankara, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Funerals were held for the slain soldiers on Tuesday in several cities and several thousands of mourners, waving flags, chanted: 'Martyrs never die! The nation will never be divided!!' (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Protesters chant slogans as they hold Turkish flags in central Ankara to protest the killing of Turkish soldiers in southeastern Turkey.
Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan leave a polling station after casting their vote in a referendum in Istanbul October 21, 2007
A Turkish soldier walks in the province of Sirnak, on the Turkish-Iraqi border in southeastern Turkey. The United States said Tuesday that it may provide Turkey with intelligence to help its armed forces strike Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, but downplayed talk of joint military operations.(AFP/Mustafa Ozer)
Turkish soldier patrols in an army vehicle on a road in the southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq, October 22, 2007. Turkey was poised on Monday to strike against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq but said it would wait to give Washington a few days to try to curb the separatists. (Stringer/Reuters)
A Turkish soldier patrols along a road in the southeastern Turkish province of Sirnak October 23, 2007. Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan flew to Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraq's government in an effort to pressure Iraqi and U.S. authorities to crack down on Kurdish guerrillas, officials said. (Osman Orsal/Reuters)
A Turkish army helicopter flies over a settlement in the southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq, October 21, 2007. (Anatolian/Yilmaz Kazandioglu/Reuters)
A Turkish military convoy carries heavy artillery equipment up a narrow mountain road toward the the town of Sirnak in the mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey October 22, 2007.
A Turkish army vehicle escorts ambulances in the southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq, October 21, 2007. (Anatolian/Yilmaz Kazandioglu/Reuters)
A Turkish military cargo truck carries a heavy artillery canon up a mountain road near the border of Kurdish northern Iraq toward the the town of Sirnak, October 22, 2007
Turkish commandos prepare to cross a river during an operation to hunt down Kurdish rebels, some 20 km (12 miles) from where Kurdish Workers Party (PKK)
militants killed Turkish soldiers on Sunday, near the southeastern town of Yuksekova, near its border with Iraq, October 22, 2007. Turkey was poised on Monday to strike against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq but will give Washington a few days to try to curb the separatists. REUTERS/Stringer (TURKEY)
A Turkish soldier patrols in the province of Hakkari, near the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007
Turkish soldiers ride in armored vehicles in the province of Sirnak, on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.
A Turkish soldier waves to cameras during a patrol in the province of Sirnak, on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.
militants killed Turkish soldiers on Sunday, near the southeastern town of Yuksekova, near its border with Iraq, October 22, 2007. Turkey was poised on Monday to strike against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq but will give Washington a few days to try to curb the separatists. REUTERS/Stringer (TURKEY)
urkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan speaks during a news conference at the Iraqi foreign affairs ministry in Baghdad, October 23, 2007. Iraq, anxious to avert a Turkish military strike into its territory, pledged on Tuesday to rein in Kurdish separatists who are launching attacks on Turkey from northern Iraq. Zebari, after crisis talks in Baghdad with Babacan, said Iraq would restrict the movement of PKK rebels and target their funding. (Wathiq Khuzaie/Pool/Reuters)
A young Turk holds a banner that reads ' we'll seize Parliament, we'll hang 23 people,' in apparent reference to the 23 pro-Kurdish lawmakers during the funeral of Vedat Kutluca, one of 12 soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels at the Turkey-Iraq border Sunday, in Keskin, some 100 kilometers 62 miles) east of Ankara, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Funerals were held for the slain soldiers on Tuesday in several cities and several thousands of mourners, waving flags, chanted: 'Martyrs never die! The nation will never be divided!!'(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
A Turkish student waves a national flag during the funeral of Vedat Kutluca, one of 12 soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels at the Turkey-Iraq border Sunday, in Keskin, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Ankara, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Funerals were held for the slain soldiers on Tuesday in several cities and several thousands of mourners, waving flags, chanted: 'Martyrs never die! The nation will never be divided!!'(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
Turks march to the cemetery where some of the town's 141 martyrs ( soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels) were buried during the funeral of Vedat Kutluca, one of 12 soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels at the Turkey-Iraq border Sunday, in Keskin, some 100 kilometers 62 miles) east of Ankara, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007. Funerals were held for the slain soldiers on Tuesday in several cities and several thousands of mourners, waving flags, chanted: 'Martyrs never die! The nation will never be divided!!' (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
