October 29, 2007
ANKARA, TURKEY – OCTOBER 29: People hold national flags and candles during the celebration of the Republic day on October 29, 2007 in Ankara, Turkey. The Turkish Republic celebrated its 84th birthday today against a backdrop of international tensions over its threat to send troops to northern Iraq to strike at Kurdish rebel bases there. Turkish forces have encircled 100 Kurdish rebels in a mountainous area near the border with Iraq, the Anatolia news agency reported on Monday. (Photo by Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images)