Turkish bombers have carried out airstrikes in�northern Iraq following a deadly car bomb explosion in Turkey�s capital, Ankara.

The attacks hit the�Haftanin area in Dohuk Province of Iraq�s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Turkey's General Staff said in a statement on Thursday.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu�said�between 60 and 70 PKK militants were killed in the airstrikes, including�some senior figures of the Kurdish militant group.

At least 28 people lost their lives in the Wednesday bombing, during which a car laden with explosives detonated next to military buses as they waited at a traffic light.

Another bombing targeted a military vehicle in southeast Turkey on Thursday, killing at least seven security forces.

In remarks on Thursday, Davutoglu said the man behind the Ankara bombing�was a member of�the Syrian Kurdish YPG group. He�also accused the Syrian government of being directly responsible for the blast.

The group denied carrying out the attack, with its chief saying�Ankara was making the allegation in order to escalate the conflict in Syria.

Davutoglu said PKK militants collaborated with the Syrian man to carry out the deadly attack.

�The attack was carried out by the PKK together with a person who sneaked into Turkey from Syria,� he said, adding�nine people had been arrested in connection with the bombing.

By Press TV