Aysenur Ezgi Eygi might be laid to relaxation in in her household’s house city Didim, in western Turkey.
Mourners in Turkey have gathered for funeral prayers forward of the burial of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi who was killed by Israeli troops within the occupied West Financial institution.
The killing final week of 26-year-old Eygi sparked worldwide condemnation in opposition to Israel. She was shot within the head whereas participating in an indication on September 6 in opposition to unlawful Israeli settlements.
On Saturday, members of the family, buddies and supporters congregated in Eygi’s house city of Didim, in western Turkey.
Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar, reporting from Didim, mentioned that for days, Eygi’s household have been receiving guests from Turkey, america and different components of the world, as they awaited the arrival of her stays.
“You’ll be able to see the disbelief of their faces that Aysenur isn’t any extra,” Serdar mentioned, noting that her demise has united each the secular and spiritual sectors of Turkey.
“There’s additionally heavy safety measures being taken”, to make sure the security of the funeral service with a number of senior Turkish and US officers anticipated to attend, Serdar added.
Eygi’s coffin was dropped at the coastal Aegean city on Saturday following a martyrs’ ceremony at Istanbul airport on Friday.
She was a frequent customer to Didim, and her household mentioned they wished her to be buried there, the place her grandfather lives and her grandmother has been laid to relaxation.
Eygi’s mom Rabia Birden on Friday urged Turkish officers to pursue justice.
“The one factor I ask of our state is to hunt justice for my daughter,” she was quoted as saying by Turkish state information company Anadolu.
‘Intentionally focused’
Turkey mentioned this week it was investigating her demise and pressed the United Nations for an impartial inquiry.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised to make sure “that Aysenur Ezgi’s demise doesn’t go unpunished”.
US President Joe Biden known as for Israel to supply “full accountability” for Eygi’s demise.
The Israeli navy has mentioned it was doubtless Eygi was hit “unintentionally” by forces whereas they have been responding to a “violent riot” in Beita, close to Nablus.
However rising proof contradicts that, with witnesses saying Israeli troopers intentionally killed her.
Among the many witnesses to her killing was an Italian activist who rode with Eygi within the ambulance as she was transferred to Beita after which to Nablus, the place she was pronounced lifeless.
“We have been clearly seen to the military, there was nothing occurring subsequent to us … it was a shoot to kill,” the Italian activist mentioned.
Eygi’s household requested america to launch an impartial inquiry into her killing, saying an Israeli probe was not “sufficient”.
The United Nations mentioned Eygi had been participating in a “peaceable anti-settlement protest” in Beita, the scene of weekly demonstrations, when she was killed.
Eygi was a member of the Worldwide Solidarity Motion (ISM), a gaggle that has been protesting in opposition to Israel’s occupation, and arrived within the West Financial institution a number of days earlier than she died.
