At least seven paramilitary police officers have been killed in eastern Turkey, in an attack blamed on the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party.
A group thought to belong to the separatist PKK drove into a police complex in the province of Tunceli, opened fire and threw a grenade. Security sources say one of the rebels was also killed.
It comes amid speculation that Ankara may send troops into neighbouring northern Iraq to crush Kurdish fighters based there, despite pleas from the United States to avoid military action.
The attack is the second big assault on Turkish forces in two weeks and looks set to exacerbate political and security tensions ahead of parliamentary elections in Turkey next month.
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