Chief Engineer Sergeant Batuhan Simsek died on Thursday, Yeni Safak said.
Simsek was in the Kurdistan Region as part of Operation Claw Lock, a cross-border offensive against the PKK that the Turkish military began in April.
Officials in the Kurdistan Region have not yet issued a statement.
Turkey’s Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar, announced via Twitter on Thursday the Turkish military was continuing scanning activities.
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) said on yesterday they killed a senior member of the PKK in Sulaimani province.
The PKK has fought a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish government for Kurdish rights and autonomy and maintains a network of bases in the Kurdistan Region.
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