Intel officer linked to Kurdish women's murder in Paris probed over 'parallel-links'

Istanbul Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation against a member of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (M?T), Haluk Özcan, for links to the "parallel structure" - a group of Fethullah Gülen sympathizers accused of trying to overthrow the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, the former's ally-turned-foe. Özcan was also suspected of ordering the murder of three Kurdish women in Paris in 2013.

A public prosecutor from Turkey's Counter-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department (KOM), Hasan Y?lmaz, asked M?T to provide information on links between Özcan and the "parallel state" in an April 4 request, Turkish daily Cumhuriyet has reported. 

According to the report, a complainant identified only by the initials F.C. accused Özcan of involvement in the assassination of an unidentified person within Turkish territory and claimed the officer managed to secure a decision to wiretap his phone calls from Istanbul's 4th Heavy Penal Court over false reasons, following the complaint. 

In his request to M?T, the prosecutor informed the organization that "an investigation has been launched as Haluk Özcan declared liaising with the parallel state structure," and asked M?T to provide documents on whether the subject is covered under the officer's activities under the organization, in which case the prosecutor is legally obliged to drop charges. 

Previously, Özcan was accused of ordering the killing of three Kurdish women in Paris by issuing a written order to the murder's prime suspect, Ömer Güney, in addition to allegations that Güney was a M?T agent. At the time, M?T had said that an internal administrative investigation was launched into the allegations. 

Güney, 30, was the only suspect whose...