 At the Third Party congress in October 1986, the Peoples Liberation Army of Kurdistan ("Artêşa Rizgariye Gêle Kurdistan" -ARGK) was founded, and succeeded the HRK.Öcalan, in presence of PUK leader Jalal Talabani declared a unilateral cease fire in 1993, and said the PKK did not want to separate from Turkey, but Turkey did not respond to it.Turkey was involved in serious human rights violations during the 1990s.