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Funeral for slain Turkish American Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi draws hundreds



Family members and political leaders gather in Turkish Aegean coastal city of Didim to mourn activist slain by IDFHundreds of people waving Turkish and Palestinian flags gathered on Saturday for the funeral of Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish American activist killed in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.Cevdet Yılmaz, Turkey’s vice-president; Hakan Fidan, the foreign minister; Numan Kurtulmuş, the parliament speaker; and Özgür Özel, the main opposition leader from the Republican People’s party (CHP) were among mourners at the ceremony in the Turkish Aegean coastal city of Didim. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/14/aysenur-ezgi-eygi-funeral-turkey

Author : Guardian staff and agencies

Publish date : 2024-09-14 18:28:46

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