Turkey prepares to bury US activist killed by Israel in West Bank
Al Jazeera
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi will be laid to rest in in her family’s home town Didim, in western Turkey.
Hundreds of mourners in Turkey have gathered for funeral prayers ahead of the burial of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi who was killed by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank.
The killing last week of 26-year-old Eygi sparked international condemnation against Israel. She was shot in the head while taking part in a demonstration on September 6 against illegal Israeli settlements.
On Saturday, family members, friends and supporters congregated in Eygi’s home town of Didim, in western Turkey.
Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar, reporting from Didim, said that for days, Eygi’s family have been receiving visitors from Turkey, the United States and other parts of the world, as they awaited the arrival of her remains.
“You can see the disbelief in their faces that Aysenur is no more,” Serdar said, adding that tight security measures were in place.
