Thousands of people have been visiting the Kurdish Cultural Association in Paris to express their condolences to three Kurdish women, Sakine Cansýz, a co-founder of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party), Fidan Doðan (Rojbin), representative of the KNK (Kurdistan National Congress) in Paris and Leyla Þaylemez, who were found shot dead in the premises of the Kurdistan Information Office in Paris on 10 January.

Members of the French Communist Party, Turkish main opposition party CHP deputy Hüseyin Aygün as well as representatives of a number of parties and organizations have also paid a visit to the Association in solidarity with the victims of the brutal execution in the French capital.

The bodies of the three Kurdish women are expected to be delivered to their families today. The farewell ceremony for the women will be held at Villiers-Le-Bel in the Frech capital on Tuesday. The wake will take place between 11am and 5pm.

The European Kurdish Women's Movement and the Coordination of European Kurdish Democratic Society (CDK) have both released a statement calling for mass participation in the funeral ceremonies of three Kurdish women whose bodies will be sent from Charles De Gaulle airport to Diyarbakýr on Wednesday. Following the funeral ceremony for the three Kurdish politicians in Diyarbakýr, Sakine Cansýz will be laid to rest in Dersim, Fidan Doðan in Elbistan (Maraþ) and Leyla Þaylemez in Mersin.