Türkiye’s justice minister said Thursday his country is investigating the death of a Turkish-American activist shot and killed by Israeli forces last week while protesting settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The 26-year-old activist from Seattle was taking part in a demonstration against settlements in the Palestinian territory when she was fatally shot last Friday. Israel is investigating the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and its military later said she was likely shot “indirectly and unintentionally” by soldiers.
Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said that the Ankara chief prosecutor’s office was leading the Turkish probe. He also called on UN agencies, including the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, to investigate.
Tunc said Türkiye would present its findings to a UN court overseeing a genocide case against Israel filed by South Africa over the war in Gaza.
“We will take every judicial step for our martyred daughter, Aysenur,” Tunc said.
Meanwhile, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Eygi’s body was likely to be brought to Türkiye on Friday. Her burial is scheduled to take place in the Aegean coastal town of Didim, in western Türkiye, in line with her family’s wishes.
