Türkiye has a "right" to bring those who were responsible for Wednesday's terror attack in the capital Ankara to account, the Pentagon said on Thursday, Paralel.Az reports citing Turkish media.

"They have a right to hold those people accountable that conducted that attack," Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters.

Her remarks came after Turkish military forces carried out airstrikes against 47 terror targets in northern Iraq and Syria, "neutralizing" 59 PKK/YPG terrorists, including two ringleaders.

Singh said the Pentagon expressed its condolences to the families of the victims.