 Following mainly secret negotiations, a largely successful ceasefire was put in place by both the Turkish state and the PKK.On 21 March 2013, Öcalan announced the "end of armed struggle" and a ceasefire with peace talks.On 25 July 2015, the PKK cancelled their 2013 ceasefire after a year of tension due to various events, including the Turks bombing PKK positions in Iraq, in the midst of the Rojava–Islamist conflict (2013–present) in Syria.