Recent gestures by Turkish leaders suggest the possibility of new peace talks with the group fighting for Kurdish autonomy.

Defense Minister Yasar Guler confirmed 47 targets were destroyed in a second Day of Strikes on Kurdish Militants in Iraq and Syria.

Turkey said the strikes in Iraq and Syria targeted a Kurdish separatist group a day after an unclaimed attack on a defense contractor.

Turkey said it launched strikes on Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria Wednesday after blaming them for an attack that killed five people at a defence firm near Ankara.

Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan, jailed 25 years ago, is again a focus of attention in Turkey after President Tayyip Erdogan's nationalist ally raised the possibility of his release in exchange for ending his group's decades-long insurgency.

Turkey launched airstrikes against what it said were sites linked to a Kurdish separatist group in Iraq and Syria, hours after an armed assault on a defense company killed five people in Ankara.

Turkish jets have struck Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria following attack on defense company

Turkey launched fresh air strikes on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in Syria and Iraq overnight, hitting 47 targets, in response to a gun attack that killed five people in Ankara, Defence Minister Yasar Guler said on Thursday.

Turkey continued its strikes in Syria and Iraq for a second day following the terrorist attack on a defense company in Ankara, in what Turkey said were targeted hits on PKK terrorist locations.