The Turkish Armed Forces also published a statement about the attack that put the number of wounded soldiers at 12, with one soldier in critical condition.
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Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency says a vehicle laden with explosives has hit an army outpost in the southeastern province of Mardin, killing two people. It wasn’t immediately clear why the two accounts differed.
The military and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels have clashed on a daily basis since a two-year-old ceasefire between them collapsed in July past year.
More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict since the PKK, designated a terrorist group by Turkey and its Western allies, began its insurgency in 1984.
It is a necessity that Turkey and the northern Iraqi regional Kurdish government cooperate to fight the terrorist groups Daesh and PKK, Turkey’s prime minister has told his counterpart in the regional government.
In a daily activities statement published on its website, the Turkish Army said it “neutralized 17 separatist terror organization members” in the city of Hakkari and two militants in the city of Van on Friday. Since then, almost 600 security personnel have been martyred and more than 5,000 PKK terrorists killed.
The soldier who lost his life was initially injured but succumbed to his his wounds while being treated at the hospital, according to reports.
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Turkey, the US and the European Union consider PKK a terrorist organization.
