Seventeen soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in Turkey’s southeast.

Turkish troops killed 21 Kurdish rebels overnight in south-eastern Turkey - the biggest clash since the rebels declared a unilateral truce more than five years ago, a governor’s office said today.

Kurdish rebels have killed three Turkish soldiers in an overnight clash in Turkey, reports said today.

Turkish troops killed four Kurdish rebels in four days of clashes in south-eastern Turkey, a news report said today. Three soldiers were also killed.