Ömer Güney
Case into murder of three PKK-linked women in Paris dropped after suspect dies in hospital
The case into the murder of three female members linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been dropped in Paris following the death last month of the only suspect in the case.
The case into the killing of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Lelya Şaylemez was dropped after the only arrested suspect, Ömer Güney, died on Dec. 17, 2016.
Suspect in Paris murder of three Kurdish women dies
A Turkish national charged with murdering three Kurdish women in Paris died on Dec. 17, a French judicial source said, 36 days before his case came to trial.
Ömer Güney died at a hospital in the French capital following a battle with a serious brain illness, the source told the AFP.
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.
PKK kills five soldiers in Sur amid ongoing operations
Five Turkish soldiers were killed on Feb. 1 during operations conducted against suspected militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern district of Sur, amid ongoing military operations targeting the group in southeastern Turkey.
Five soldiers killed in Diyarbak?r's Sur
Five Turkish soldiers were killed on Feb. 1 during operations conducted against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the Sur district of southeastern Diyarbak?r province, the Turkish General Staff has announced.
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Two soldiers killed in Diyarbak?r's Sur
Two Turkish soldiers were killed on Feb. 1 during operations conducted against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the Sur district of southeastern Diyarbak?r province, the Turkish General Staff has announced.
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Paris murder suspect faces trial as Kurdish tensions resurface
A Turkish man suspected of murdering three Kurdish women in Paris in 2013 is to face trial amid renewed violence in Turkey's southeast.
According to a French judicial source, the charge against the main suspect in the case, 33-year-old Ömer Güney, will be "assassination in connection with a terrorist organization," as requested by an investigating magistrate in July.