Car bomb kills two Turkish soldiers in attacks blamed on Kurdish rebels
The explosion late on Saturday happened in the town of Lice in Diyarbakir, the province governor's office said.
The attack came after Turkey bombed Kurdish separatist camps in northern Iraq - the first such strikes since a peace process began in 2012.
No group has claimed responsibility for the latest attack.
The military said militants from the Kurdish Workers Party, or PKK, also fired at troops in the "treacherously pre-planned'' ambush.
It said a large-scale operation was underway to capture the attackers.
The PKK threatened to break off a two-year ceasefire following Saturday's raids.
There has been a wave of unrest after a suicide bomb in Suruc, blamed on so-called Islamic State (IS) killed 32 people - mainly university students planning to carry out aid work in Kobane, Syria.
It has included protests and confrontations with police in Ankara and Istanbul.
The PKK's military wing killed two Turkish police officers on Wednesday, claiming they had collaborated with IS in the bombing in Suruc.
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