One village guard was also killed and another was injured in the clashes in the Eruh district of the southeastern
The Turkish military launched an operation in the area following a mine explosion in Eruh that killed one village guard and injured another on Friday.
The PKK, which launches cross-border attacks on Turkey from bases in northern Iraq and frequently uses remote-control landmines to target the country's security forces, is listed as a terrorist group by Turkey and much of the international community, including the EU and the United States.
