Reşadiye shooting

The Reşadiye shooting was an ambush that took place on December 7, 2009, at Reşadiye, Tokat Province, Turkey. Unidentified gunmen ambushed a Turkish patrol, killing seven soldiers and wounding three others. It was the region's deadliest attack in more than a decade, since the Sazak assault in 1997; and most recent attack in Turkey since April, 2009 when a remote-controlled bomb set by Kurdish militants killed 10 soldiers in the country's southeast. The last major attack in Tokat was in 2001.

Reşadiye shooting
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict

Districts of Tokat province
Date7 December 2009
Location
Result Kurdish Victory
Belligerents
 Turkey Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Commanders and leaders
Harun Aslanbaş  Celal Başkale
Strength
50 7
Casualties and losses
7 killed, 3 injured none

The ambush occurred as Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was received in Washington, D.C., by U.S. President Barack Obama and occurred the day before a court was due to consider outlawing Turkey's Democratic Society Party (DTP), the largest Kurdish party in the country. The threat of parliamentary resignations and a potential election lingered in the air. The Turkish army said on their website that they would maintain a presence in the area.

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