Turkish forces using tanks and artillery have quashed an attack by up to 40 Kurdish militants on a military post near the Iraqi border.
The attack late last night targeted Turkish paramilitary police in the mountainous Hakkari province.
After heavy clashes, the militants withdrew back into northern Iraq, taking with them an unknown number of dead and wounded.
The incident came as Turkey continues a military build-up along the Iraqi border ahead of a possible incursion into northern Iraq to crush rebel camps there.
Early this morning, there were reports of F-16 fighter jets taking off from the airport in Diyarbakir, the largest city of Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast region.
It was not known where the planes were heading.
