SEATTLE

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Saturday in Seattle for a Turkish American activist who was killed in an Israeli attack during an anti-occupation protest in the occupied West Bank.

The demonstration at Westlake Park came one day after Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was killed by Israeli forces while participating in a protest against illegal settlement expansion in the town of Beita, near Nablus in the northern West Bank.

Protesters chanting against Israel, held signs that included, “Ayşenur Eygi Martyred For Palestine Rest in Power”, “Justice 4 Ayşenur”, “Today We Are All Ayşenur”, “Resistance Is Not Terrorism! Free Palestine!”

Nablus Gov. Ghassan Daghlas said Saturday that an autopsy confirmed Eygi she was killed by an Israeli sniper’s bullet to the head.

Eygi had been actively involved in solidarity movements supporting Palestinian rights. Her death has sparked outrage and demands for accountability from local and international communities.

Born in Antalya, Türkiye in 1998, Eygi moved to Seattle, Washington, with her parents, Rabia Birden Eygi and Mehmet Suat Eygi, when she was less than 1 year old.

She graduated in June from the University of Washington, where she studied psychology and Middle Eastern languages and cultures.

Erdoğan extends condolences to family of Eygi

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a phone call to Rabia Birden Eygi, the mother of the deceased, offering his heartfelt sympathies for the tragic loss of her daughter.

Erdoğan condemned Israel for ‘heinously’ murdering Ayşenur Eygi.

Eygi was shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday while participating in a protest against settlement expansion in the town of Beita, near Nablus in the northern West Bank.

An autopsy report of Eygi confirmed she was killed by an Israeli sniper’s bullet to the head, Nablus governor Ghassan Daghlas said on Saturday.

Standing against Israel’s state terrorism is an Islamic duty, and also national issue, the president said.