Ceasefire with the Kurdish rebel PKK - declared by jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in 2013 - finally crumbles under the weight of tensions aggravated by the Syrian civil war and the role of both Turkey and the Kurds in the war.
The PYD say that while they share an ideology with the PKK based on the words of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, they are their own force and take orders from no one.
One reason, some say, is that it is in practice run by the captive PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan, making it hard for elected DTP politicians to disavow PKK terrorism.
In the camp south-west of Irbil, Serkeft, a 21-year-old PKK fighter, sits on a light green sofa below a smiling portrait of jailed PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
The Democratic Union Party (PYD), a PKK offshoot, promptly established control, hoisting the Kurdish flag over Syrian government buildings along with large posters of the imprisoned PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
The DLP government benefited from the capture of PKK leader Öcalan, who was sentenced to death.
Peace talks with the imprisoned PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan, are moving at a snail's pace.
Jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and Ankara launched peace talks more than two years ago.
Two years ago the imprisoned PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, also called for a ceasefire.
It has a cult of personality focused on the imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, whose picture adorns every office.
A frightened Syria booted out the PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan, who was captured in Kenya and then imprisoned in Turkey.
