At least five members of the Turkish security forces have been killed in attacks in the countrys south-east and Istanbul.

Four police officers were killed by a bomb on a road in Sirnak province and shortly after, gunmen opened fire on a military helicopter, killing a soldier.

Tension between the Turkish government and Kurdish militants has been rising.

One of the Istanbul attacks, on the US consulate, was carried out by two women and linked to a far-left group.

A car bomb attack was carried out on a police station in the Sultanbeyli area of Istanbul

One of the female assailants in Mondays attack was wounded and detained, and a rifle and other weaponry were seized, Istanbuls governor said in a statement.

She is said to be a member of a radical Marxist group, the Revolutionary Peoples Liberation Front (DHKP-C).

The DHKP-C previously claimed a 2013 suicide attack on the US embassy in the capital, Ankara.

The US consulate said in a tweet that it was closed until further notice.

In the other attack in Istanbul, on a police station in the district of Sultanbeyli, a car bomb was detonated, injuring 10 people, including three police officers.

Two suspected militants were killed in ensuing clashes with police and an injured police officer died later in hospital, reports say.

PKK conflict

Following the attack on the military helicopter in Sirnak province, Turkish helicopters bombed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in retaliation.

A ceasefire in the long-running conflict with the group appeared to disintegrate in July, when Turkey began bombing PKK camps in northern Iraq, at the same time as launching air strikes on IS militants.

PKK leader Cemil Bayik has accused Turkey of trying to protect IS by attacking Kurdish fighters.

"They are doing it to limit the PKKs fight against IS. Turkey is protecting IS," he told the BBC in an interview.

Kurdish fighters - among them the PKK - have secured significant victories against IS militants in Syria and Iraq.

But Turkey, like a number of Western countries, considers the PKK a terrorist organisation.