Paris Murders Reveal Sensitive Nature of Turkish-French Ties
The murder of three PKK activists has brought attention to the changes in Turkish-French relations, writes Semih Idiz.
The Jan. 10 killings in Paris of three female activists for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) — listed as “a terrorist organization” by the US and the EU — comes at a sensitive moment for Turkey and France.
The bloody event occurred just as the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a politically bold yet risky move, began peace negotiations with PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who's serving a life sentence in Turkey.
