Speaking at various meetings in different Kurdish cities on the forthcoming referendum on the Constitution, CHP (Republican People's Party ) President Kemal Kýlýçdaroðlu stated that conversation with PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) is possible.

Kýlýçdaroðlu demanded the renaming of Muðlalý Barracks in Van, during the referendum meeting. The General Mustafa Kýþlalý Barracks was the subject of a poem by Ahmed Arif, “33 bullets”. Kýlýçdaroðlu spoke as follows; “I ask the Prime Minister not to name "33 bullets" the barracks in a place where 33 villagers were executed. The society has sensitivity. We ask you to change the name.”

CHP leader also made a self-criticism, saying “We CHP members are guilty, not you” to 500 people listening to him.

As for the government talking with the PKK, Kýlýçdaroðlu said: “talks can be organized after low level talks about the end of the war, which have already been done. This is not the first time the government is having talks. The government did the same also in previous periods."

Kýlýçdaroðlu also stated his agreement with President Abdullah Gül’s statement “The duty of a government is to crash terrorism”.

Translator: Berna Ozgencil