MARDİN - Garibe Gezer was buried in Dargeçit in Mardin. Her older brother, Emin Gezer said: "We will stand straight" and her mother, Halime Gezer, said: "Garibe is a daughter of Kurdistan."

 

The convoy accompanying the casket of Garibe Gezer, the young Kurdish political prisoner who died under suspicious circumstances on Thursday night in Kandira Prison, was saluted by a large crowd who wanted to pay their last tribute to the young woman, despite the heavy police presence.

 

The casket was brought to the Seyit Hasan Mosque.

 

Gezer's elder brother, Emin Gezer, said: "We will not cry, we will stand straight."

 

Garibe Gezer was buried next to her brother Bilal Gezer, who was killed in the 6-8 October Kobanê protests.

 

Addressing the crowd at the graveyard, Gezer’s mother said: "Garibe is not only my Garibe, she is a daughter of Kurdistan."

 

After the burial, the crowd went to the family house chanting slogans.