Ankara - Four Kurdish separatists and one Turkish soldier were killed Tuesday in south-east Turkey, the Turkish military announced Wednesday.

In a short statement posted on its official website, the Turkish General Staff said the four Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) separatists were killed in a firefight with Turkish soldiers that broke out around 9 pm Tuesday night in a mountainous area of the Sirnak region.

Ankara - Turkish warplanes on Tuesday continued bombing missions against suspected Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq, the Turkish General Staff announced.

A statement posted on the General Staff official website said Turkish Air Force jets hit 21 suspected PKK targets early Tuesday morning in the region of Avasin and the mountains of Iki Yaka and Buzul.

All of the planes returned safely to their bases after completing their missions, the statement said.

The attacks are the fourth since a PKK attack on a military border post on Friday left 17 soldiers and 23 PKK separatists dead.

The PKK uses mountainous northern Iraq as a base from which to launch attacks inside Turkey.

Ankara - Turkish warplanes bombed suspected Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq on Monday morning, three days after a PKK attack on a border post killed 15 Turkish soldiers.

According to a statement released by the Turkish General Staff, the warplanes bombed PKK positions in the mountainous Avasin region of northern Iraq.

Ankara - The outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) launched a heavy attack on Turkish border posts that left 38 dead, Turkey's military leadership said Saturday in Ankara.

The PKK launched the attack from northern Iraq, the military said, adding that 15 Turkish soldiers and 23 PKK fighters were killed in the attack.

Two soldiers were unaccounted for.

The attack took place on the Aktutun border post in the south- eastern province of Hakkari.

Baghdad - Turkish Airlines is to commence flights to Baghdad on October 26, media reports said Sunday.

Ankara - Turkish warplanes bombed suspected Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) positions in northern Iraq late Thursday, the Dogan news agency reported on Friday.

Sixteen jets participated in air raids that began around 10 p. m. (1900 GMT) against targets around the villages of Kurtek, Galibedran, Seyitharun and Girdasala near the Iraqi border with Iran.

No civilian casualties were reported.

The Turkish Air Force has conducted a number of airstrikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq since a week-long cross-border incursion into northern Iraq was launched in February.