About 75 militants have been killed in a week of clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels near Turkey's border with Iraq.
Four soldiers were also killed during the violence in the province of Hakkari.
The military said it has launched a large-scale operation involving several thousand soldiers.
Last month, the government said troops had killed 115 Kurdish rebels in separate fighting there.
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