Ambulances arrive at the scene. Reportedly, there are casualties, but their number has not been specified.
Firefighters and ambulance cars have arrived at the scene, the newspaper reported.
According to the preliminary reports, the Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK) terrorist group carried out the attack.
A large-scale operation against the PKK began in the province following the incident, read the newspaper.
The car bomb explosion in Mardin province comes in the wake of a major blast in Turkey`s Istanbul.
"Today`s terrorist attack in Midyat claimed the lives of one police officer and two civilians. Thirty people sustained injuries, five of them are in serious condition. A PKK killer is behind this, which is of no surprise to us. We will continue to fight terrorists until we eliminate terrorism in our country," Yildirim told reporters.
A day earlier a terrorist attack in Istanbul killed at least 11 people, including 7 police officers.
