Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged on Tuesday pursuing the peace process between the government and the Kurdish minority after the death of a Kurdish protestor during Friday’s demonstrations.

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged on Tuesday pursuing the peace process between the government and the Kurdish minority after the death of a Kurdish protestor during Friday's demonstrations.

"This problem has been for a long time and needs hard work and patience to be resolved," he said in a meeting with his deputies from the Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP).

"Patience and calm are needed to follow up the reconciliation with around 15 million Kurds," Erdogan added.

The death of a Kurdish protestor in Lice incited rallies in that town yet they were dispersed again by the police.

Erdogan accused the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) of backing the protests and kidnapping a sergeant, who was released on Monday.

"These events have to be well-examined to know the true motivations behind them," he added.

PKK's leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been serving a life prison term, declared a historic ceasefire in March with a secret Turkish service.

Part of the agreement, 2000 PKK fighters withdraw from Turkey to return to northern Iraq and Ocalan obtains freedom after a life.