Assailants have set off explosives and opened fire in an attack on the premises of Turkish state-run aerospace and defence company TUSAS, killing five people and wounding more than a dozen, the interior minister said.

Turkey's defense ministry reports airstrikes on Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria following an attack on the defense firm TUSAS. The attack, attributed to suspected PKK militants, resulted in multiple casualties.

A local official official says an attack on the premises of the Turkish state-run aerospace and defense company TUSAS on Wednesday left three people dead and several wounded.