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ANKARA, July 9 (Xinhua) -- A gendarmerie station in southeastern Turkish province of Mardin was attacked by Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) militants on Saturday, which left one soldier killed and five others injured, Dogan News Agency reported.
The PKK militants attacked the gendarmerie station in Cevizli district of Mardin with car bombing and gun fire at around 13:00 local time (1000 GMT), and Turkish soldiers responded immediately.
Turkish General Staff said on Saturday that Turkish security forces killed 19 PKK militants in southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari and Van on Friday.
Kalashnikov rifles and grenades belonging to the PKK were seized in the anti-terror operation in Hakkari, it added.
Over 500 members of Turkish security forces and thousands of PKK members have been killed in confrontations inside Turkey and in northern Iraq since July 2015.
More than 40,000 people have lost their lives in clashes with the PKK since 1984, when the group first started anti-government attacks.
The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union and Turkey.
