ANKARA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Six Turkish soldiers were killed and 15 others injured in two bombing attacks in southeastern Turkish provinces of Hakkari and Van on Sunday, according to Dogan News Agency and official statements.
On Sunday noon, four soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb in the rural area of Semdinli district in Hakkari province hit their car, the report said.
Earlier on Sunday, two soldiers were killed and 15 others injured in a Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) bombing attack at the security control in Van province, Turkish General Staff stated on its website.
Over 470 members of Turkish security forces and thousands of PKK members have been killed in confrontations inside Turkey and in northern Iraq since last July.
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.
