ISTANBUL, Sept 13 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- The body of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish American activist killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank last week, arrived in Istanbul via Azerbaijan on Friday, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.
A Turkish Airlines plane brought Eygi's body to the Istanbul Airport, where a ceremony was held.
Ambassador Ayse Sozen Usluer, Istanbul representative of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, and other Turkish officials attended the event.
Her body, wrapped in the Turkish flag, was received by a military squad at the airport.
Following the ceremony, Eygi's body was flown to Izmir for burial in Aydin, southwestern Türkiye.
Eygi, 26, was killed on Sept. 6 during a peaceful protest against illegal Israeli settlements near Nablus.
Turkish diplomatic missions in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem coordinated the transfer of Eygi's body from Tel Aviv to Baku before the final journey to Türkiye.
Turkiye also launched an investigation into the killing under domestic law on Thursday.
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