Istanbul, Muharram 8, 1438, Oct 9, 2016, SPA -- Kurdish militants detonated a car bomb Sunday outside a military checkpoint in southeast Turkey, killing ten soldiers and eight civilians, the prime minister said. Turkey immediately launched a military operation against the rebels in response. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim gave the death toll during a press conference in Istanbul and condemned the attack. "For the stability of our country, we will continue doing everything we can to save our homeland and our nation from the forces of terrorism," AP quoted the Prime Minister as saying. Cuneyit Orhan Toprak, governor of Hakkari province where the attack took place, said that 27 others wounded in the attack were rushed to nearby hospitals for treatment. Eleven of them were soldiers, the Turkish military said. --SPA 17:25 LOCAL TIME 14:25 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w