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The jets took off
from a base in Diyarbakir, in Turkey's southeast, and later
returned without damage, the sources said.
Turkey's largely Kurdish southeast has been hit by almost daily
waves of deadly fighting between PKK militants and security
forces since the collapse of a ceasefire in July.
Security forces have responded by launching frequent bombing
raids into mountainous northern Iraq where the PKK has camps. It
is the worst violence NATO member Turkey has seen in two
decades, coinciding with fighting across the border in Syria
involving government troops and Islamic State militants.
The PKK began its separatist insurgency in 1984, triggering a
conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people. The group,
which says it is now fighting for greater Kurdish autonomy, is
designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European
Union and the United States.
President Tayyip Erdogan has promised the fight will go on until
"not one terrorist is left". The conflict has flared up as
Turkey prepares for a parliamentary election on Nov. 1 following
an inconclusive June vote.
(Reporting by Seyhmus Cakan and Ece Toksabay; Writing by David
Dolan; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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