土耳其军方说,土耳其战机星期一对伊拉克北部地区的库尔德激进分子发动了18次空袭。

空袭目标是库尔德工人党。一天前,土耳其首都安卡拉发生汽车炸弹袭击,造成至少37人死亡。

目前还没有人宣称对袭击事件负责。土耳其官员说,预计将于星期一宣布对这一事件的调查结果。

土耳其总统埃尔多安去年7月宣布将继续战斗,直至击败所有激进分子。此后,土耳其部队一直在对库尔德工人党展开攻势。

星期天的爆炸袭击发生在安卡拉克孜拉伊广场附近,那里靠近外国使馆和政府建筑,是安卡拉主要购物区和交通枢纽。

土耳其卫生部长梅辛诺格鲁表示,一个巴士车站的平民成为袭击目标,爆炸还造成120多人受伤。

炸弹爆炸事件发生后,土耳其总理达武特奥卢召集了紧急安全会议。

Turkey’s military said its warplanes carried out 18 airstrikes Monday targeting Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.

The strikes against the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, came a day after a car bombing killed at least 37 people in Turkey’s capital, Ankara.

There has been no claim of responsibility and Turkish officials said they expected to announce the results of the investigation into the blast on Monday.

Turkish forces have been carrying out an offensive against the PKK since July when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared the fight would continue until every militant is defeated.

Sunday’s blast happened near Kizilay square, a key shopping and transportation hub near foreign embassies and government buildings.

Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu said it targeted civilians at a bus stop, and that more than 120 people were wounded.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu convened an emergency security meeting after the bombing.