Nearly a year after the murders of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in Paris on 9 January 2013, new information has emerged with regard to the murder suspect, Ömer Güney. This comes as investigations continue in France, Turkey and Germany.

On 15 December the Analiz programme on Sterk TV looked into the latest stage of the investigations, while in interviews with the families and with defence lawyers we have learned that new information and documents regarding Ömer Güney have come to light.

Why did Ömer Güney secretly enter the Kurdish association on 8 January?

Ömer Güney went into the Kurdish association in Paris on the night of 8-9 January 2013 between 02.00-03.00 in a clandestine manner and photographed the membership forms of  360 people. He then sent the photographs somewhere, probably to Turkey. On being asked by the investigating magistrate why he had photographed the membership forms, Ömer Güney replied: "the administrators of the association asked me to do it". But the magistrate did not find this answer at all convincing. It is reported that the investigating magistrate has not been able to access the evidence he wants regarding Ömer Güney, and that French intelligence has not been of assistance, causing the investigation to come to a halt at critical junctures.

French doctors: Ömer Güney is not ill

Family members who have examined the case file report that Ömer Güney is constantly claiming to be ill and wanting to be taken to hospital. However, doctors who have examined him agree that he is not ill. Experts and officials concerned with the case believe that Ömer Güney's tactic of feigning illness is a deliberate strategy.

French investigating magistrate is carrying out an investigation in Germany
The connections of murder suspect Ömer Güney in Germany are also attracting interest. It is reported that the investigating magistrate in Paris has been conducting an investigation in Germany for the last month, while the inquiry in Turkey is not progressing rapidly. It is said that Turkish officials are not assisting French prosecutors, while the Turkish authorities wish to have access to the entire case file.

The Paris murder case in Turkey is being carried on in secret

The lawyer representing the families of the slain in Turkey, BDP co-chair Meral Danış Beştaş, was in Paris recently, where she held meetings with French lawyers, the families and French officials. Beştaş said she was unable to access documents in Turkey on account of the investigation being carried on in secret. She called for the veil of secrecy to be lifted.
Beştaş said it was essential that information relating to the forces behind Ömer Güney and his relations with Turkey was revealed, and said she believed there was sufficient evidence available to expose the facts regarding the massacre.

The Ömer Güney file in front of Erdoğan must be revealed  

Beştaş said the Ömer Güney file in the possession of Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan contained information pertaining to Ömer Güney’s relationship with Turkey. She said the information in the file was being kept secret and that she was of the opinion that the investigation being conducted in France and Turkey was not being carried out properly.
Sakine Cansız’s brother Metin Cansız, Fidan Doğan’s father Hasan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez’s brother Servet Şaylemez called on the people to take an interest in the Paris massacre case.