Turkish warplanes strike PKK targets in southeast

Turkish police officers work at the site of an explosion at a police station, seen right, in Istanbul's Sultanbeyli neighborhood, early Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. The bomb attack injured three policemen and seven civilians and caused a fire that collapsed part of the three-story building. Police said the assailants exploded a car bomb near the station. Unknown assailants later fired on police inspecting the scene of the explosion, sparking another gunfight with police that killed a member of the police inspection team and two assailants. (AP Photo/Akin Celiktas) Turkish police officers work at the site of an explosion at a police station, seen right, in Istanbul's Sultanbeyli neighborhood, early Monday, Aug. 10, 2015. The bomb attack injured three policemen and seven civilians and caused a fire that collapsed part of the three-story building. Police said the assailants exploded a car bomb near the station. Unknown assailants later fired on police inspecting the scene of the explosion, sparking another gunfight with police that killed a member of the police inspection team and two assailants. (AP Photo/Akin Celiktas)

By Associated Press August 11, 2015 1 min read

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s military says warplanes have struck Kurdish rebels positions in southeast Turkey following a day of heavy violence in the country, which left at least nine dead.

In a statement Tuesday, the Turkish military said jets overnight hit 17 targets of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, around the Buzul mountain and the Ikiyaka region in Hakkari province, which borders Iran and Iraq.

On Monday, nine people, including five police officers, were killed in separate attacks in Istanbul and in the southeastern Sirnak province, including an overnight bomb attack at a police station. The attacks were blamed on the PKK.