Turkish jets have targeted and killed a group of between eight and 10 militants suspected of belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Radio New Zealand quoted military sources as saying.

They said the rebels were spotted late on Thursday in the Daglica region of Hakkari, which borders Iraq, where the PKK is largely based.

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), an offshoot of the outlawed PKK militant group, has claimed it carried a suicide bombing in Istanbul on June 7.

A car bomb ripped through a police bus in central Istanbul during the morning rush hour on Tuesday near the main tourist district, a major university and the mayor's office.

The attack resulted in the deaths of 11 people.

Source ; MENA