Turkish warplanes have reportedly attacked separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq.
Broadcaster NTV said the raids took place hours after a rebel attack in southeast Turkey killed dozens of soldiers.
‘Turkish jets targeted our bases in different areas inside Iraq,’ PKK spokesman Dozdar Hammo told AFP.
He said the bombing began at about 9.30pm (7.30pm Irish time) and targeted bases in areas near the Turkish border including Qandil, Khanairah, Al-Zab and Jabal Mattine.
‘Until now, there is no information on casualties,’ he added.
Pro-Kurdish news agency Firat meanwhile said in Turkey that 13 Turkish fighter aircraft were involved in the attack and hit at least five targets.
The Turkish armed forces, which have not attacked PKK bases in Iraq since last year, did not confirm the raids.
The PKK spokesman had earlier in the day said that the banned group carried out an ambush on Turkish troops, in which Ankara said eight soldiers and a village guard were killed.
On 16 June, the PKK, blacklisted as a terrorist group by Turkey as well as the European Union and the United States, killed 13 soldiers in Diyarbakir, another southeastern province.
Turkey's conflict with the PKK has claimed more than 45,000 lives since it broke out in 1984.
