The Turkish military says its�warplanes have carried out airstrikes against militants from the Kurdistan Workers� Party (PKK), destroying their compounds in northern Iraq.

The military said six fighter jets, accompanied by drones, destroyed�militant compounds, depots and shelters inside Iraq.

Turkey�s airstrikes inside�the Iraqi territory have repeatedly drawn�fire from Baghdad, which has denounced Ankara for violating the country�s sovereignty.

The Iraqi government is also urging Turkey to pull out troops from a base in the Arab country's north, into which they were deployed last month.

Turkish forces have killed almost 600 PKK militants since�mid-December, said the military.

The�airstrikes were followed by a devastating explosion in�a multi-story police headquarters in Turkey's Diyarbakir province on Wednesday, which Ankara blamed on the PKK.

The blast occurred when an explosive-laden car hit the headquarters in Cinar District and destroyed its entire fa�ade.

The building was then attacked with �rocket launchers and long barreled weapons,� the Turkish daily, Sabah, reported. Reports said several people�lost their lives.

Violence�flared between the�militant group and the Turkish army last�July and shattered a fragile two-and-a-half-year ceasefire between the two sides.

The PKK launched its insurgency against Turkey in 1984. So far, more than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict.

By Press TV