Funeral held in Turkey for activist Aysenur Aygi slain by ‘Israel’

Turkey held the funeral for activist Aysenur Eygi in the western city of Aydin on Saturday after the noon prayer. Eygi was killed by Israeli occupation forces during a peaceful demonstration in the West Bank.

Eygi’s body, wrapped in the Turkish flag and carried by uniformed officers, arrived at its final resting place in the Aegean town of Didim, as mourners gathered in southwest Turkey on Saturday for the funeral.

A picture of Eygi was placed near the coffin during the funeral at the local mosque.

The body of the martyr was transported to Turkey on Friday morning on a flight from Lydd Airport (Ben Gurion) in occupied Palestine, with a stopover in Baku, Azerbaijan, before arriving in Istanbul.

The body was received in an official ceremony in Istanbul. Eygi’s body was then transferred to the forensic medical institute in Izmir, where the autopsy took about four hours, before being moved to Aydin for the funeral procession.

In parallel, absentee prayers were held for the activist in various Turkish cities, including Istanbul, Ankara, Bursa, Eskisehir, Kutahya, and Kocaeli. These gatherings were attended by civil society representatives and large crowds of citizens.