Turkey pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) issued a written statement to mark Kurdish Language Day and "demanded that Kurdish be protected and recognized by the Constitution and that the obstacles to language should be removed.”
The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, announced his support for the Iraqi Prime Minister's request to start a national dialogue in Iraq in order to resolve problems and disputes in the crisis-hit country.
Turkey pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair stated that the allegations about the resumption of a Kurdish settlement negotiation is the government's attempt to win Kurdish votes.