The news comes from security sources and the Turkish government spokesman, Numan Kurtulmus.
The crash occurred in the suburbs of Kayapinarit in Diyarbakir city dominated by Kurds. This incident marks the first event of conflict between Turkish security forces and militants suspected Islamic State within a country, as happened earlier encounters increasingly beyond Turkey-Syria border.
Five police officers were wounded, while 12 militants were captured jihadists, government spokesman further added Kurtulmus.
"We neutralized a very important cell of the Islamic State, - he told reporters present. - Work to identify militants and to discover their connections with other cities in Turkey is being developed with full intensity. "
Blood stains were found in two adjacent apartments, which - according to police - militants used to hide weapons. Bullet holes, but even greater signs of explosives found everywhere in the surrounding walls, according to witnesses who spoke to "Reuters". While the homes raided there were clothes and shoes thrown at random.
A search of the two apartments was part of 17 simultaneous operations launched against the Islamic State groups on Monday, he said in a statement Diyarbakir governor's office.
