Turkey’s Terror Crimes Investigation Bureau has filed charges of “premeditated murder” against the Israeli soldiers who deliberately targeted a Turkish-American activist. Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi was fatally shot in the head while peacefully protesting the expansion of Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. Anadol...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Representative Pramila Jayapal sharply criticized the Biden administration Tuesday for the lack of movement toward an independent investigation into the killing of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi last month by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. “It has been 53 days since Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was ki...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of 103 US lawmakers has called on the Biden administration to conduct an independent investigation into the killing of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank earlier this month. In a letter sent on Tuesday to President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, [&hel...
U.S. envoy to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield has called Israel’s murder of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the occupied West Bank a “horrific tragedy.” She said Washington will demand that Israel provide more details from its investigation into the incident. Thomas-Greenfield also noted that President Joe Biden has ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye is actively working to facilitate the handover of the body of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, to her family for burial, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday. “We continue the necessary work to deliver the body of our citizen Aysenur [&hell...
SEATTLE, Washington (AA) – 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 Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was killed by Israeli forces while participating in...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The family of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist who was killed Friday by Israeli forces during a protest in the occupied West Bank, urged the Biden administration for an independent investigation into her killing. “A U.S. citizen, Aysenur was peacefully standing for justice when she was killed by a bu...
ISTANBUL (AA) – For many years, the Palestinian cause has garnered significant global attention in terms of media coverage. This has prompted many activists and supporter groups from various countries to travel to Gaza to offer assistance and witness the reality on the ground firsthand. One of the peak periods of international solidarity...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A Muslim American advocacy group has condemned the killing of a Turkish-American activist by the Israeli army in northern occupied West Bank. “We strongly condemn the Israeli apartheid government for murdering American citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi while she peacefully protested its human right abuses in the Occupied ...