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How judicial probe dodged real truth behind murder of Kurdish activists in Paris

France

In January 2013 three female Kurdish activists were gunned down in cold blood at their offices in Paris. The chief – and only - official suspect will stand trial in France early this year for their murder. However, despite an investigation by three examining magistrates the people who ordered the killings have never officially been identified. Instead, political, diplomatic and security concerns appear to have blunted the French judiciary's probe. Nonetheless, writes Jacques Massey, it is clear that the confrontational approach adopted by Turkish president president Recep Tayyip Erdogan towards the Kurds lies behind the shootings.

Why we don’t hear about the 10,000 French deaths at Gallipoli

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Historian John Horne says that not only was this World War I offensive a failure, the French also saw it at the time as a 'colonial' campaign.

French president says Turkey should recognise Armenian genocide

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François Hollande was speaking at ceremony in Armenia's capital Yerevan to mark 100 years since mass killings of roughly 1.5 million people.

Fourth Paris terror suspect 'on the run' in Syria

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Hayat Bourmeddience, the 26-year-old partner of kosher supermarket killer Amedy Coulibaly, may have flown to Turkey on January 2nd.

French 'jihadists' sent home from Turkey under investigation for terror plot

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The three men, extradited from Turkey, include the brother-in-law of Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah who murdered seven people in 2012.

France blames Turkey for 'jihadist' bungle

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Three French alleged jihadists expelled by Turkey arrived unchecked in France after they were sent on a flight to Marseille instead of Paris.

France detains 'particularly dangerous' jihadist recruiter

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Interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve said suspect had 'key role' in recruiting French youths in Strasbourg and Toulouse and sending them to Syria.

Hollande tries to calm France's complicated relationship with Turkey

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Official visit by president aimed to promote trade ties and also heal rifts with Turkey over issue of EU membership and Armenian genocide.

Hollande heads to crisis-hit Turkey after split from first lady

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Visit is first by a French president in 22 years and reflects thaw in once-frosty ties but comes as Turkey faces worst political crisis in a decade.

France, Turkey vow to press ahead on Syria

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President Hollande remains determined to punish Syria over chemical weapons despite Obama U-turn, as opposition and public opinion unease grows.

Turkish publisher, translator to stand trial over erotic 1907 French novel

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Turkish court rules Guillaume Apollinaire's novel 'The Exploits of a Young Don Juan' reached levels of perversion unprotected by free speech.

French government plan to export riot police 'know-how' to Turkey stalled by parliament

International

A French government cooperation agreement with Turkey on a range of internal security issues notably includes the export of French 'know-how' on crowd control. But the current protests and violent repression being seen on the streets of Istanbul (pictured) and Ankara have raised alarm among many on the Left who were already concerned about the ethics of the accord.  As Lénaïg Bredoux reports, the agreement, which was signed under Nicolas Sarkozy and approved last year by President François Hollande, is remiscent of a similar offer once made to the now-deposed Tunisian despot Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and is causing considerable unease within Hollande's parliamentary majority.

Chauffeur arrested for slaughter of Paris PKK officials

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A Turkish man who worked as a driver for one of three Kurdish activists shot dead in Paris this month is under investigation for their murders.

Sarkozy orders new genocide law after court outlaws earlier bill

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President Sarkozy orders his government to draft a new law punishing denial of the Armenian genocide after a top court struck down a previous bill.

Turkey blasts French passage of genocide law

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French Senate's approval of a law criminalizing denial of genocide, notably that of Armenians by the Ottomans, prompts furious reaction in Turkey.