DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Turkish military helicopters bombed villages in northern Iraq, two Turkish television channels reported on Tuesday.

CNN Turk television, quoting Iraqi officials, said the villages were empty and no one was killed.

Turkey has massed up to 100,000 troops along its border with Iraq for a possible incursion to crush rebels of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). It claims the right of self-defence under international law to attack the PKK inside Iraqi territory.

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