The chairman of the main Turkish opposition party the CHP lider Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said that the YPG,  is a formation organized to protect their motherland rather than a terrorist organization.

CHP Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu made a statement regarding Turkey permitting the passage of Peshmerga forces to the Syrian city Ayn al-Arab (a.k.a Kobane) via Turkey in the University of Istanbul International Relations Club meeting. Kılıçdaroğlu also talked about the status of the YPG,

A student asked Kılıçdaroğlu if the CHP considers the YPG as a terrorist organization. Kılıçdaroğlu responded the question as follows: “The YPG is not a terrorist organization for us. We only consider the organizations that kill civilians as terrorist organization. The PKK was a terror organization in this concept. However, the YPG did not conduct similar actions towards their people and Turkey. If they do such a thing, we would also oppose them. The YPG is a formation organized to save their own motherland.”