Two suspected militants were killed in ensuing clashes with police and an injured police officer died later in hospital, reports say. Gunmen also opened fire on a helicopter there, killing a soldier.
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The explosion in Silopi, in Sirnak province, left four police officers dead and one seriously injured.
One person was reported killed and 10 others were wounded after an Istanbul police station was attacked early Monday – first with a bomb and then with guns.
The Monday morning terrorist attack is being jointly investigated by both Turkish and American officials. Turkey has responded by arresting more than 1,300 suspected supporters of illegal groups, including Daesh, the PKK and the DHKP-C.
In July Ankara launched airstrikes on PKK targets in Iraq and inside Turkey, and some Kurdish activists (and also HDP, the fourth-largest party in Parliament) accuses the government of violating a two-year ceasefire.
No less than eight individuals have been killed recently in separate attacks on Turkish security forces.
The Anadolu Agency said Monday police named the assailant as 42-year-old Hatice Asik and said she belongs to the far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front, or DHKP-C.
No one has claimed the attacks on the police station or the US consulate, which Turkish authorities have blamed on terrorists. He said the diplomatic site would remain closed “until further notice”. In 2003, al Qaeda struck the UK consulate in Istanbul, a synagogue and local headquarters of banking group HSBC PLC, killing dozens and injuring hundreds.
This incident come at a time of increased tension between rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Turkey.
Ankara has also targeted the Islamic State (IS) group in the crackdown, but to a much lesser extent.
The DHKP-C has carried out a string of attacks in Turkey in the past, including claiming a 2013 suicide attack on the US embassy in Ankara.
Turkey has launched an offensive against the Islamic State (IS) jihadists and Kurdish militants after a series of attacks inside Turkey.
A bombing in Suruc near the border with Syria kills 32 people.
On Sunday, the U.S. military announced that a detachment of six F-16 fighter jets and some 300 personnel have arrived at Turkey’s southern Incirlik Air Base to join the fight against IS militants.
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Beginning in the 1970s, the DHKP-C has reportedly claimed responsibility for a host of bombings and assassinations. More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict.
