Turkey's government says its military struck sites on Wednesday night in Iraq and Syria linked to Kurdish militant group the PKK, after blaming it for an attack near Ankara that killed at least five people.

Following today's attack in Ankara, Turkey's defence ministry said it conducted airstrikes in northern Iraq and northern Syria against PKK targets.

In response to a recent terrorist attack in Ankara, Turkey launched a series of airstrikes targeting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and Syria. According to the Turkish Defense Ministry,