On the 17 March 1993, Abdullah Öcalan announced a unilateral ceasefire by the PKK in a press conference given together with Jalal Talabani. In an other press conference which took place on the 16 April 1993 in Bar Elias, Lebanon, the ceasefire was prolonged indefinitely. To this event, the Kurdish politicians Jamal Talabani, Ahmet Türk from the HEP and Kemal Burkay also attended and declared their support for the ceasefire.[3] The ceasefire came to an end after prime minister Turgut Özal, who's Government had a more peaceful approach towards the Kurds as the former Governments, died two days later on the 17 April 1993[4][5] and after Turkish troops launched an attack on the 19 May 1993, where 13 members of the PKK were killed.