Two civilians were killed and 50 others wounded when a roadside bomb was detonated by PKK militants in Kiziltepe district of Mardin province, according to an official.
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In Diyarbakir, a vehicle bomb killed at least five civilians and wounded 12 others.
The official said the bombing had been coordinated with another attack believed to be the work of the PKK in the southeastern province of Mardin.
The blast killed three people and wounded at least 30 people – including five children.
By Suzan Fraser in Ankara.
Both bomb attacks had been aimed at passing police vehicles, the Doğan news agency said. Several ambulances were sent to the area.
A ceasefire between Turkey and the autonomy-seeking PKK fell apart past year, triggering some of the worst violence in decades in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast.
More than 600 Turkish security personnel have been killed by the PKK since the collapse of a ceasefire a year ago, according to a toll given by state-run Anadolu news agency on 31 July.
The attack in Diyarbakir took place at a security checkpoint at a bridge over the Tigris river.
The government has responded with military operations against the group, killing more than 7,000 militants in Turkey and northern Iraq, the agency said. Rights groups have said about 400 civilians have also died.
Turkey and its allies consider the PKK a terror organization.
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