In an interview with Deutsche Welle, executive member of the Union of Kurdish Communities (KCK) Sabri Ok defined the process towards a just and lasting peace as "a process walking on just one foot, something - he added - hardly possible".

Ok added that Kurds have so far seen "no sign of good will on government's side". Asked what moves the government should make, Ok answered that the wisemen commission "after a thorough evaluation of the Kurdish issue on the ground they forwarded their suggestions to Ankara which included, among others, the release of Abdullah Ocalan, the right of the Kurds to receive education in their mother tongue and the Constitutional recognition of the Kurdish identity. In the short term, it also mentioned the release of ill prisoners as a humanity act. There was also the removal of the 10 percent election threshold - the biggest one in Europe. For the time being, Ankara has not yet made a move toward peace between Turks and Kurds. Moreover, it has increased military presence and keeps building dams in Kurdish soil".

Ok underlined that the KCK patience "has a limit and we have little time. Nonetheless, the process won't come to an end from our side because we have already taken every agreed step. Our leader has recently said that if no step is taken by Ankara by October 15, the ceasefire will be broken".

Asked about the Syrian Kurds' "third" way, Ok said that "We don't regard the third line as utopian but as a reality. It's a line of struggle that has led to visible results. We do believe that they have followed the right path by sticking to their own struggle. It's their right to rule themselves in their own land, not violating the rights of other people but defending their own. In recent days there have been intense clashes with Ankara-backed Islamist groups because Turkey doesn't want any Kurdish entity to (be) set up in Syria. Our people are vowing for brotherhood between communities Alevites, Armenians, etc and to get rid of groups like Jabhat al Nusra (extremist rebel group - the ed). Turkey should not see the Syrian Kurds as a hostile neighbor".