Fresh Fingerprint Evidence Casts Doubt on 2015 Police Killings that Ended Peace Talks with PKK - Turkish Minute

Fresh Forensic Evidence Reignites Doubts Over Ceylanpınar Killings That Ended Turkey–PKK Peace Talks

A newly submitted forensic report has cast serious doubt on the official story behind the 2015 killing of two police officers in the southeastern town of Ceylanpınar, a case long used by Ankara as the justification for ending peace talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and returning to full-scale military operations. The report, added this month to the case file before Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals, links a fellow police off…

Fresh fingerprint evidence casts doubt on 2015 police killings that ended peace talks with PKK - Turkish Minute

A newly released forensic report has raised fresh doubts about the 2015 killings of two police officers in the southeastern town of Ceylanpınar, an incident cited by the Turkish government as the trigger for ending peace talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) at the time and resuming large-scale military operations, the Mezopotamya news agency reported.