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.
Nekoliko meseci posle Očalanovog hapšenja, PKK je proglasila prekid vatre, koji je ubrzo povukao u junu 2004, pošto je militantno krilo grupe – Narodne odbrambene snage – preuzelo kontrolu.