According to journalist and intellectual Ertugrul Kurkçu the proposal made by Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK), would effectively stop the violence.

According to Kurkçu, who spoke to DIHA news agency, "Ocalan is a hard-worker for peace. I hold him in great respect. But I do not believe that the PKK will announce the ceasefire since the government will not respond accordingly. Now the PKK and Ocalan wait to see the response of the government. Ocalan’s proposal have a capability to solve the issue without always return to the use of violence. In addition, Kurdish and Turkish people and all workers must support peace as well as intellectuals.”

Referring to constitutional change, Kurkçu emphasized the limited freedom contained in the constitutional amendments package which will be considered through a referendum: “All different groups must be treated equally. Freedom must be the most important issue in the amendments. Our priority, for everyone’s benefit in Turkey, must be freedom which needs to be constitutionally guaranteed. Furthermore, societies, cultures and languages other than Turkish must be supported by the State, financially and morally.”