Turkey bombs Kurdish militia in Iraq following Ankara bombing

The military targeted arms depots and shelters belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party [PKK] militant group in the mountainous Kandil and Gara regions, the army has confirmed.

The targets were hit "with precision", it added.

The news comes as Turkish authorities confirm a woman with links to the Kurdish rebels was among the two suicide bombers found at the scene of the attack.

"One attacker is believed to be a woman with links to the PKK," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity, referring to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

The blast in Kizilay square is the second major attack in the heart of the Turkish capital in less than a month, after a suicide car bombing on February 17 targeted the military, killing 29 people.

The February bombing was claimed by a dissident faction of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party [PKK].

Turkish authorities have increased pressure on the outlawed PKK in recent months in a conflict which stems back to 1984.

The collapse of a truce in recent years resulted in deadly clashes between the government and the group, which calls for autonomy and rights for Turkey's Kurdish communities.