Eight Kurdish rebels have been killed over the past two days in clashes with Turkish security forces in two separate operations in the south-east of the country, local security officials said on Thursday.
The eight were believed to be from the Kurdistan People's Congress (KONGRA-GEL), an offshoot of the outlawed group formerly known as the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Seven were killed in a security operation in a mountainous region near the town of Eruh in the province of Siirt on Wednesday and Thursday, the governor's office said in a statement.
Another was killed in a separate operation near the town of Ercuss in the neighbouring province of Batman, officials said.
It was earlier reported that a government militiaman was killed by rebels and four others were wounded in a clash in Guzeldere, near Genc, in neighbouring Bingol province.