Kurds urge French government to uncover Turkey’s role in Paris killings

Responding to the French government's reluctance concerning the investigation of Kurdish women politicians murdered in Paris, CDK-F asked the authorities to submit documents to the judiciary that would reveal the role of MIT in the killings.

The Democratic Kurdish Community Centers in France (CDK-F) made a written statement about the triple murder of Kurdish women revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla on January 9, 2013 in Paris, the capital of France.

The CDK-F recalled that there has been a 'shameful silence' for 8 years by the French authorities that used the murders as an 'opportunity' to mend its relations with Turkey rather than to illuminate the murders.

The statement said: “Despite the evidence that emerged over the course of 8 years, the French authorities took great care not to share the information and documents with the court.”

The CDK-F asked the following questions to the French authorities:

“Why didn't the French foreign intelligence agency (DGSE) prevent these murders even though they had had blacklisted Ömer Güney already before January 9, 2013? Why was İsmail Hakkı Musa, a top MIT (Turkish intelligence service) officer at the time, not concerned over getting arrested for the triple murder after he was appointed as the ambassador to Paris?

Did French internal security agency suggest Ismail Hakki Musa to leave his job precipitately and return to Turkey after his role in the assassination attempt in Belgium had been revealed by the Le Journal du Dimanche paper?

What is the link between Zekeriya Çelikbilek and İsmail Hakkı Musa and MIT?

What is the role of Zekeriya Çelikbilek in the Paris killings? Is he the "legionary" mentioned in the "information note" of MIT regarding Sakine Cansiz that was leaked to the press in 2014?

Why did the Belgian but not the French intelligence units frustrate the massacre that MIT commando Zekeriya Celikbilek, who was blacklisted by the French intelligence agencies, and other French residents planned to commit against Kurdish administrators in Belgium in June 2017?”

CDK-F added; “All these questions cause serious concerns in the Kurdish community living in France! Therefore, we reiterate our demand for the French authorities to submit relevant documents to the investigation judge in order to remove the suspicions among the Kurdish society and to eliminate the black mark that has existed since 9 January 2013 in the history of France."