At least 24 Turkish soldiers have been killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels at several police and army posts in south-east Turkey, reports say.
Governor Muammer Turker confirmed the attacks in the mainly Kurdish province of Hakkari, the Associated Press said.
The attacks come a day after a blast in the southeast Bitlis province killed five police officers and three others.
The area, where ethnic Kurds make up a majority, has recently seen a spike in violence by Kurdish rebels.
Turkey has responded with a police crackdown on suspected rebel sympathisers and air strikes on Kurdish sites in northern Iraq.
Rebels are seeking greater autonomy in the country's Kurdish-dominated south-east, and have killed dozens of members of the country's security forces, and at least 17 civilians, since mid-July.
Tens of thousands of people have died in the conflict since 1984.
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