At least one policeman has been killed in a car bomb blast near a police headquarters in the south-east Turkish city of Gaziantep, officials say.
Nineteen police and four civilians are reported to have been injured by the early-morning explosion.
The blast was heard several kilometres away, CNN Turk TV reported.
Turkey has been hit by a series of deadly blasts over the past year, linked either to Kurdish militants or so-called Islamic State (IS).
Ankara, Istanbul and Bursa are among cities that have been targeted by suicide bombings.
Nine of the injured were police officers, Gaziantep's regional governor was quoted as saying.
How dangerous is Turkey's instability?Some reports said gunfire was heard after the blast. There was no immediate word on who is behind the latest blast.
Gaziantep is known to have several IS cells.
In another development, Turkish police detained four suspected IS members, the Anadolu news agency reports.
The four were thought to be preparing to launch an attack in Ankara during Sunday's May Day parades.
Separately three Turkish soldiers were killed and 14 others wounded in an attack that the army blamed on Kurdish militants of the PKK.
An army statement said the attack took place in Mardin province, where the army has been conducting a military operation against the PKK.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
