Twenty terrorists from outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were killed and one soldier fell martyr in Çukurca town, Hakkari, according to the governor's office.
In a statement, Hakkari governor Cüneyt Orhan Toprak said that six other soldiers were injured in the fighting, still underway in the rural part of Çukurca.
The injured were taken to the state-run hospital in Hakkari by ambulances.
The armed forces struck two terror targets in the Çukurca countryside, acting on intelligence information which had been received between 9:30 and 9: 48 p.m. late Thursday.