The Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has announced wide-ranging reforms, including the granting of more rights to Kurds and the removal of the headscarf ban.
Erdogan said towns will be able to use their Kurdish names and education in the Kurdish language would be allowed in private schools, although it would still be restricted in state schools. He has also proposed to change the rule that currently requires parties to receive more than 10% of votes before being able to enter parliament, which has excluded Kurdish parties.
However Kurdish officials said the reforms did not go far enough.
"The anti-terror courts are still working. Around 1,000 Kurds will not be released from prisons”, said pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) MP Sirri Sakik.
"Little changes are presented as favours to the Kurds. Mother tongue can only be thought at private schools? My language is God's gift to me, how can it be limited?"