Funeral of Turkish-American woman killed in West Bank to be held Saturday

The body of the young Turkish-American activist killed last week in the West Bank by a bullet to the head during a demonstration against the expansion of settlements has been repatriated to Turkey. She will be buried on Saturday, September 14 in Didim, in the west, not far from Izmir, the city where her family is from. In a country that has taken up the cause of the Palestinians, the death of the young woman has a particular impact.

The authorities mobilized from the first hour to organize the transfer of the body of the young activist considered in Turkey as a Turkish citizen. Facilitating the arrival of her parents from the United States and demanding an investigation and independent autopsy are the two objectives of President Erdogan. The latter spoke at the end of the council of ministers. “We will do everything to ensure that the murder of our daughter Aysenur Ezgi Eygi does not go unpunished and we will pursue the Hebrew state at the highest level by referring the matter to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.”

The Ankara prosecutor general’s office has opened its own investigation and has not ruled out issuing international arrest warrants. The justice minister has also referred the matter to the UN, requesting a commission of inquiry. He says he has evidence and will attach his report to the genocide proceedings before the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court.

There is no doubt that the revelations of the Washington Post The claim that the Israeli shots that hit the young woman occurred after calm had returned and she had taken refuge in an olive grove more than 200 metres from the hill where the soldiers had taken up positions, will constitute a key piece of the case compiled by the Turkish justice system.