Did Turkish intelligence services order the 2013 killings?

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Turkish Intelligence Services' Alleged Involvement in 2013 Paris Killings Remains Unconfirmed

The extent to which Turkish intelligence services ordered the 2013 murders of three Kurdish women activists in Paris remains officially unconfirmed by French investigators. While the families of the victims possess documents they claim demonstrate the involvement of Turkey's spy agency, MIT, and a source close to the case indicated the investigation pointed to the "involvement" of Turkish agents, the precise nature of this involvement and whether it had official backing has not been definitively established.
Guney's Suspected Ties to Turkish Intelligence

Omer Guney, the Turkish national charged with the murders, had a complex profile that raised suspicions of connections to Turkish secret services. Initially presenting himself as a PKK member, he was later suspected of being close to ultra-nationalist Turkish groups and of infiltrating France's Kurdish community. His former lawyer noted that Guney was suspected of being an ultra-nationalist Turk with links to Turkish secret services, though the judicial question was whether the directive originated from MIT or if Guney had approached MIT.
Families Allege Planned Operation by MIT

The families of the murdered activists have pursued legal avenues to establish Ankara's alleged involvement, filing complaints with documents they assert prove the killings were an "operation carefully planned by the Turkish secret services." Despite the Paris prosecutor initially closing the case, a subsequent complaint led to the appointment of an anti-terror judge to investigate further into these claims.
Unresolved Questions Regarding Agency Involvement

The investigation that concluded in May 2015 indicated the "involvement" of Turkish agents but did not specify whether these agents acted with official approval from their superiors or if Guney was operating as a rogue actor. This ambiguity means that the question of whether the agents involved in the 2013 murders had official backing from MIT remains a central, unresolved aspect of the case.

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