Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested that the murder of three Kurdish activists was the result of an internal feud.
The three women were found shot dead at the Kurdish information centre in Paris on Thursday.
The victims included Sakine Cansiz - a co-founder of the militant nationalist Kurdistan Workers' Party, the PKK.
Mr Erdogan said evidence suggested the deaths may have been intended to sabotage efforts towards peace talks.
Some 40,000 people have died in the 25-year conflict between the Turkish state and the PKK.
'Provocation'
Mr Erdogan said early evidence pointed to the women opening the door to their killers and the centre being locked from the inside with a lock requiring a code.
"Those three people opened it. No doubt they wouldn't open it to people they didn't know," he said. He said earlier that the incident could be a "provocation" from sections of the PKK opposed to talks between the state and the group's imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan, aimed at persuading the PKK to disarm.
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