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Kurdish rebels 'kill 24 Turkish soldiers'
At least 24 Turkish soldiers have been killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels at several police and army posts in south-east Turkey, reports say.
Governor Muammer Turker confirmed the attacks in the mainly Kurdish province of Hakkari, the Associated Press said.
The attacks come a day after a blast in the southeast Bitlis province killed five police officers and three others.
The area, where ethnic Kurds make up a majority, has recently seen a spike in violence by Kurdish rebels.
Turkey has responded with a police crackdown on suspected rebel sympathisers and air strikes on Kurdish sites in northern Iraq.
Rebels are seeking greater autonomy in the country's Kurdish-dominated south-east, and have killed dozens of members of the country's security forces, and at least 17 civilians, since mid-July.
Tens of thousands of people have died in the conflict since 1984.
At least 24 Turkish soldiers have been killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels at several police and army posts in south-east Turkey, reports say.
Governor Muammer Turker confirmed the attacks in the mainly Kurdish province of Hakkari, the Associated Press said.
The attacks come a day after a blast in the southeast Bitlis province killed five police officers and three others.
The area, where ethnic Kurds make up a majority, has recently seen a spike in violence by Kurdish rebels.
Turkey has responded with a police crackdown on suspected rebel sympathisers and air strikes on Kurdish sites in northern Iraq.
Rebels are seeking greater autonomy in the country's Kurdish-dominated south-east, and have killed dozens of members of the country's security forces, and at least 17 civilians, since mid-July.
Tens of thousands of people have died in the conflict since 1984.