Two of the injured are in a critical condition.
An air-backed operation was launched to catch the terrorists.
The PKK – listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU – resumed its 30-year armed campaign against the Turkish state in July 2015.
Since then, around 500 security personnel, including troops, police officers and village guards have been martyred, and over 5,000 PKK terrorists killed in operations across Turkey and northern Iraq
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