Six soldiers were killed and another was wounded Thursday in a roadside bombing that hit an armored military vehicle in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir, Turkey's semiofficial Anadolu news agency reported, citing a statement from the Turkish General Staff.
The attack came as the Turkish military launched airstrikes in northern Iraq following an explosion Wednesday inAnkara in which 28 people were killed and 61 more injured.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu confirmed the strikes on Thursday and said the attack in Ankara was carried out by Saleh Najar, a man born in northern Syria. He allegedly has links to the YPG, the Kurdish fighting force in Syria.
"It has been revealed that a YPG member who infiltrated from Syria with members of the separatist terror organization conducted this attack," Davutoglu said.
Turkey blamed the PKK -- a Kurdish separatist group in Turkey which the United States and Turkey both call a terror organization -- for the Thursday attack.
Interior Minister Efkan Ala said that 14 people have been detained across the country in connection with the Ankara blast, according to Anadolu.
Saleh Muslim, co-chair of the Syrian Kurdish political party PYD, denied that the party is responsible for the bombing in the capital.
Wednesday's explosion hit three military vehicles and a private vehicle in central Ankara, near the Turkish Parliament buildings, Anadolu reported, citing Ankara Gov. Mehmet Kiliclar. The vehicles were stopped at a traffic light, the military said.
Authorities believe a bomb-laden vehicle caused the explosion, Kiliclar said, according to Anadolu.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that 20 of those killed were military personnel.
Video aired on CNN Turk showed large flames reaching toward the night sky from an area on the ground. Lights from numerous emergency vehicles flashed nearby.
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