One soldier of the Turkish security forces was killed and another was wounded in an attack by the rebels of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Saturday.
The PKK militants staged the attack against the Turkish soldiers late Friday when they were on duty near Karlusus area in Hatay province, according to the report.
It said the injured was taken to Antakya State Hospital for treatment, adding that a large-scale operation in fight against the PKK in this region is underway.
Established in 1978, the PKK took up arms in 1984 to create an ethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey. Some 40,000 people have been killed in conflicts over the past two decades.
Turkey's military forces have taken tougher actions against the PKK after the country's legislature gave the government mandate to launch cross-border operations against the rebels in northern Iraq in October 2007 and extended it in 2008.
It is estimated that there are a total of 5,000 PKK militants, the majority of whom are holed up in northern Iraq where the PKK headquarters is situated.
