The fighting around the town of al-Bab in northern Syria has been described as some of the deadliest yet in Turkey's four-month old "Euphrates Shield" operation against the Islamic State group.
The Turkish military said 14 of its soldiers and 138 jihadist fighters were killed on Wednesday.
Another 33 Turkish soldiers who were wounded were taken to hospital at Gaziantep in Turkey's southeast, it added.
The military said Turkish airstrikes destroyed dozens of ISIL targets on Wednesday.
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