Nekoliko mjeseci nakon Ocalanovog hapšenja, PKK je objavila prekid vatre, da bi ga opozvala u junu 2004, nakon što je kontrolu nad grupom preuzelo njeno militantno krilo, Snage narodne odbrane.
Several months after Ocalan's capture, the PKK declared a ceasefire, only to call it off in June 2004 after the group's militant wing, the People's Defense Force, took control of the group.