• Police had launched dawn raids on several houses in a district of Diyarbakir where the militants were thought to be hiding out when the suspects opened fire, a security source said. Mahmut Bozarslan / AP Photo
    Police had launched dawn raids on several houses in a district of Diyarbakir where the militants were thought to be hiding out when the suspects opened fire, a security source said. Mahmut Bozarslan / AP Photo
  • The shoot-out in Diyarbakir erupted just six days ahead of elections in Turkey, with tensions running high following the country’s worst ever bomb attack and a resurgence of the conflict with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels. Mahmut Bozarslan / AP Photo
    The shoot-out in Diyarbakir erupted just six days ahead of elections in Turkey, with tensions running high following the country’s worst ever bomb attack and a resurgence of the conflict with Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) rebels. Mahmut Bozarslan / AP Photo
  • Heavy shooting lasted for at least two hours, with police fearing other extremists could be holed up in the area. Three suspects were later arrested. Ilyas Akengin / AFP Photo
    Heavy shooting lasted for at least two hours, with police fearing other extremists could be holed up in the area. Three suspects were later arrested. Ilyas Akengin / AFP Photo
  • Turkish authorities have declared ISIL the No 1 suspect over the Ankara bombings, the deadliest attack in the history of modern Turkey. Ilyas Akengin / AFP Photo
    Turkish authorities have declared ISIL the No 1 suspect over the Ankara bombings, the deadliest attack in the history of modern Turkey. Ilyas Akengin / AFP Photo
  • The police officers were killed after explosive devices planted around one of the houses were set off, according to the Anatolia news agency. Another four officers were injured. Ilyas Akengin / AFP Photo
    The police officers were killed after explosive devices planted around one of the houses were set off, according to the Anatolia news agency. Another four officers were injured. Ilyas Akengin / AFP Photo
  • Turkish special police forces are pictured during clashes with ISIL fighters on October 26, 2015, in Diyarbakir. Ilyas Akengin / AFP Photo
    Turkish special police forces are pictured during clashes with ISIL fighters on October 26, 2015, in Diyarbakir. Ilyas Akengin / AFP Photo

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Gun battle between Turkish police and ISIL suspects — in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

October 26, 2015

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Seven suspected ISIL militants and two Turkish police officers were killed on Monday in a gun battle in the main city in the Kurdish-majority south-east.

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