tamil tigers

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Definition of tamil tigers in English Turkish dictionary

Related Terms

liberation tigers of tamil ealam
tamil ealam kurtuluş kaplanlar
liberation tigers of tamil eelam
Tamil Eelam Kurtuluş Kaplanları ile
English - English
A guerilla and a conventional organization seeking the establishment of an independent homeland (ஈழம், eelam) in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the Tamil community
a group of fighters who support a separate state for the Tamil Hindu people of Sri Lanka

Related Terms

Tamil Tiger
A member of a guerilla organization seeking the establishment of an independent state in the northeast of Sri Lanka for the Tamil community
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
or Tamil Tigers Guerrilla organization seeking to establish an independent Tamil state in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. Formed in 1972, it is considered one of the world's most sophisticated and tightly organized insurgent groups. By 1985 it controlled the port of Jaffna and most of the Jaffna Peninsula in northern Sri Lanka. After losing control of Jaffna in 1987, it carried out several attacks, including the assassinations of the Sri Lankan president and the former Indian prime minister and a suicide bombing that killed 100 people in the capital of Colombo. Negotiations between the Tigers and the government broke down in the mid-1990s, and fighting subsequently intensified until February 2002 when a permanent cease-fire agreement was signed
liberation tigers of tamil eelam
a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students; currently seeks to establish an independent Tamil state called Eelam; relies on guerilla strategy including terrorist tactics that target key government and military personnel; "the Tamil Tigers perfected suicide bombing as a weapon of war
tamil tigers

    Hyphenation

    Tam·il tigers

    Turkish pronunciation

    tımîl taygırz

    Pronunciation

    /təməl ˈtīgərz/ /təmɪl ˈtaɪɡɜrz/
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