The strike came hours after suspected Kurdish militants set off explosives and opened fire at the aerospace and defence company TUSAS.
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00:00Armed security remained at the scene of the aerospace complex in Ankara that was attacked
00:08on Wednesday, killing five people and wounding more than 20 others.
00:13Turkey's interior minister and defense minister blamed the attack on Kurdish PKK militants,
00:18which Turkey and its western allies consider a terrorist group.
00:22Following the attack, Turkey's air force struck Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria
00:26in an apparent retaliation.
00:29The defense ministry said more than 30 targets were destroyed in the aerial offensive, without
00:34providing details on the locations that were hit.
00:37It said precautions were taken to prevent harm to civilians, although the Kurdish-led
00:41Syrian Democratic Forces say 12 civilians were killed.
00:45The attacks continued for a second day on Thursday.
00:49There was no immediate statement from the PKK on the attack in Ankara or the Kurdish
00:53airstrikes.
00:55Turkey's President Recep Erdogan condemned the attack during a meeting with Russian President
00:59Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a BRICS meeting in Russia.