Seven police officers were wounded in a clash with suspected Islamic State militants in northwest Trkiye on Monday and a police operation against them was ongoing, a Reuters witness and state media reported.
Sporadic gunfire could be heard at the scene of the clash in Yalova province, south of Istanbul on the Sea of Marmara coast, where police teams launched an overnight operation at a house believed to contain militants, the witness said.
Police sealed off the road approaching the house and one officer said the operation was under way, the witness said. Smoke rose from a nearby fire and a police helicopter flew overhead, with several ambulances and fire engines in attendance.
