The assembly will prioritise debate on the bill submitted by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), parliamentary sources said, with the current mandate expiring on October 17.

Parliament has renewed the mandate annually since 2007, allowing Turkish forces to hit targets on Iraqi soil where rebels from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are believed to be holed up.

The last such operation was in early September when Turkish jets struck suspected PKK ammunition depots and shelters, but ground incursions are rare.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said last week 144 members of the security forces and 239 rebels had been killed since the start of the year, marking one of the deadliest phases of the confrontation in more than a decade.

In all, about 45,000 people have been killed since the PKK, which is blacklisted as a terrorist organisation by Ankara and much of the international community, took up arms for autonomy in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey in 1984.

The bill for military operations comes as Ankara continues on the diplomatic front to seek support from Iraq's Kurdish leaders in its struggle against the Kurdish rebels.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held talks Monday with the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Massud Barzani, and its former prime minister, Barham Salih, on counter-terrorism cooperation between the administrations.

Both leaders came to Ankara to attend an AKP congress held Sunday, amid heightened tensions between the central Baghdad government and its Turkish counterpart.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki declined the invitation to attend the congress, citing a busy schedule.

Ties between Iraq and Turkey have been marred by a flurry of disputes this year, most recently Ankara's refusal to extradite Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who has been sentenced to death in absentia by an Iraqi court.