Four soldiers and four rebels have been killed in clashes involving Kurdish separatists in south-east Turkey close to the Iraqi border, the military said.
Another soldier died when a helicopter carrying reinforcements to the scene crashed because of a technical failure and 15 soldiers were wounded, it said.
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They have been fighting for autonomy in the south-east for over two decades.
More than 30,000 people have been killed in the conflict so far.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party has been blacklisted as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.
The Turkish government accuses Iraq of failing to stop the guerrillas from using northern Iran as a safe haven.
(BBC)
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