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Friday, September 13, 2024
At Istanbul Airport, Turkish officials pray over coffin of US activist killed in West Bank
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish officials hold a brief ceremony at Istanbul International Airport where the body of a Turkish American activist who was fatally shot in the West Bank arrived ahead of her funeral and burial in a town on the Aegean coast.
Istanbul Gov. Davut Gul and other officials hold prayers in front of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi’s coffin, which was draped in the Turkish flag, before helping carry it to another plane for the city of Izmir. Her funeral is expected to be held Saturday in the town of Didim, near Izmir.
The 26-year-od activist from Seattle was killed September 6 following a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the West Bank, according to an Israeli protester who witnessed the shooting.
The Israeli military said Tuesday that Eygi was likely shot “indirectly and unintentionally” by Israeli forces, and expressed regret over the incident. Turkey announced it will conduct its own investigation into her death.
İşgal altındaki Batı Şeria'da İsrail askerlerince katledilen Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi'nin naaşı, Azerbaycan'dan İstanbul'a getirildi
????İstanbul Havalimanı'na getirilen Eygi'nin cenazesi, Dışişleri Bakanlığı İstanbul Temsilcisi Büyükelçi Ayşe Sözen Usluer tarafından karşılandı.… pic.twitter.com/abP3SPe0zU
— EKRAN HABER (@ekranhabercom) September 13, 2024
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
