After opening an office in Moscow in early February, the outlawed PKK's Syrian affiliate Democratic Union Party (PYD) has now opened an office in Berlin, raising harsh criticism from Turkish officials. In a written statement recently, the head of the Human Rights Commission for Turkish Parliament, Mustafa Yeneroğlu, said: "It is seriously concerning that the PKK's PYD wing has established open action legitimated in Germany." Yeneroğlu's statement further urged for cooperation from Turkey's allies in its combat against terrorism.

Ankara considers the PYD and its People's Protection Units (YPG) to be branches of the PKK, which has waged a decades-long fight against the Turkish state and is recognized as a terrorist organization by the US and EU. Yeneroğlu's statement said that the PYD opening an office in Berlin is "an unacceptable development."

Underlining that the PKK is not treated as a terrorist organization despite the fact that it is listed as one in Germany, Yeneroğlu said that Germany's position on the PKK has attained a new aspect with the recent incident.

"According to the 2014 report by Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the PYD is described as a terrorist organization and an affiliate of the PKK, officially. In the same report, the PYD, which is described as a terrorist organization, uses the office of its organization located in Germany, the Kurdish Society Center (NAV-DEM). Thus, the PYD opening an office in Berlin shows that the prohibitions against the PKK do not mean anything in practice," Yeneroğlu said.

Adding that the PKK halted the reconciliation process initiated by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, he continued: "It is seriously concerning that the a PKK affiliate organization establishes grounds for open and legitimized activity in Germany while the organization spreads terror to our citizens throughout southeast."

Saying that the same terrorist organization had carried out the Ankara bombings and infiltrated Turkey from YPG camps, Yeneroğlu asserted: "Germany is clearly in a desperate situation." "During these critical periods in which Turkey combats terrorism, it is expected from allied countries not to contribute through purported matters, but rather through essential and determined combat." He said there must be an explanation from Germany regarding the matter and told Anadolu Agency on Monday that German officials must close the PYD office.