After Ocalan's capture, the group entered a period of disarray and attempted to shift to the political arena, changing its name first to the Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress and then, last year, to KONGRA-GEL.
Posle Odžalanovog hapšenja ova grupa je ušla u period rasula i pokušala je da se probije u političkoj areni, promenivši svoje ime prvo u Kurdistanski kongres slobode i demokratije, a potom, prošle godine u KONGRA-GEL.