AYDIN, TURKIYE — The body of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a female Turkish-American activist who was killed earlier this month by an Israeli sniper in Beita, south of Nablus, was laid to rest today in her hometown in western Turkiye.
The funeral prayer was held in Didim, a district of Aydın province, with widespread participation. Attendees at the ceremony displayed Palestinian flags and chanted anti-Israel slogans, according to Anadolu Agency.
Following the funeral, President of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Numan Kurtulmuş addressed the crowd, asserting that “Aysenur’s blood will not be in vain, and her killers will be held accountable in international courts.”
Kurtulmuş condemned the killing as not only an atrocity committed by Israeli soldiers but also a crime facilitated by a state of terror that turned a blind eye, and by the coalition of countries backing this state.
He further criticized the extreme violence witnessed in Gaza, describing it as one of the greatest horrors in modern history.
WAFA