At least 14 people were killed and more than 220 were injured in the string of bombings in Turkey’s Elazig city, media reports said.
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Video footage showed a large plume of smoke rising from the area.
Three people were also killed in an attack near the Iranian border on Wednesday.
Clashes between the PKK and Turkish forces have been ongoing since a peace process crumbled in 2015, bringing an end to a two-year ceasefire.
About the PKK terrorist group, the defense minister said the PKK must realize the Turkish Republic was now much more powerful today than it was on the night of the July 15.
A auto bomb ripped through a police station in the city of Elazig at 9:20 a.m. (0620 GMT) as officers arrived for work.
The first vehicle bombing hit a police station in the eastern province of Van late Wednesday, killing a police officer and two civilians.
Greece’s foreign ministry says it has received an official extradition request from Turkey seeking the return of eight Turkish military personnel who fled to northern Greece by helicopter after an abortive coup in Turkey.
“Our fight against terror WOn’t ever stop”, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has blamed the Kurdistan Workers Party for a bomb attack on a police station in eastern Turkey that killed three people and injured 217 Thursday.
According to the minister, if the airfield at the Akincilar airbase had not been hit on the orders of Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, all of the coup plotters would have been overseas today.
The blast comes hours after two other terrorist attacks hit the eastern city of Van and Hakkari, a province in southeastern Turkey.
PKK commander Cemil Bayik threatened increased assaults against authorities in Turkish cities last week.
Turkish officials say at least six people have been killed and scores wounded when two vehicle bombs exploded in the eastern part of the country.
“Once again, the attacks in Van and Elazig show how PKK and FETO work together”, he wrote.
Turkey has been the target of numerous attacks by the PKK militant outfit.
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“Any terrorist organisation likes to exploit crises”, the source said, referring to the aftermath of the failed putsch which has seen a massive purge of the army, including the dismissal of nearly half Turkey’s generals and admirals.
