Rebels
from the Kurdistan Workers' Party are blamed for the blast which hits the
headquarters of an anti-riot police force.
Dozens of
other people were injured in the blast, which happened
near the headquarters of an anti-riot police force in the
town of Cizre.
The
state-run Anadolu news agency says that rebels from the Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK) used a suicide truck bomb to carry out the attack at a police
checkpoint.
Turkish
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said: "We will give those vile (attackers)
the answer they deserve.
"No
terrorist organisation can hold Turkey captive."
The Turkish
health ministry says it sent a dozen ambulances and two helicopters
to the police building.
Cizre is in
Sirnak, a province that borders both Syria and Iraq and has a largely Kurdish
population.
The
PKK has been involved in almost daily clashes in the region
since July 2015, when its ceasefire with the government
collapsed.
The group
is listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States
and the European Union.
Sky News
foreign affairs editor Sam Kiley said that Cizre had been a "hotbed of
resistance to Turkish rule".
He added:
"It has been the scene of very heavy fighting and widespread destruction
over the last year, in tit-for-tat exchanges between the Turkish military and
Kurdish elements.
"This is
one of a string of attacks against security forces who have hit back extremely
hard in the past."
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