Kurdish woman Remziye Altuğ, who was killed in the attack carried out in Qamishlo last Sunday, was laid to rest on Thursday. Hundreds of people attended the funeral at the Delîl Sarûxan cemetery, including representatives of the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria, political parties and civil society organizations.

Those who couldn’t attend the funeral were Altuğ's two children and other family members. Turkey has kept all border crossings into the self-governing areas of Rojava closed for years. Only crossing points into the Turkish occupied zone of Syria are open.

“Remziye Altuğ showed her heart full of love in everything she did. She put the revolution at the center of her actions," said Sema Bekdaş speaking on behalf of the women's umbrella organization Kongra Star. Şemsîxan Gilo from the Martyrs’ Families Council praised the woman killed as a “champion of the line of women's liberation.”

Remziye Altuğ originally came from Yüksekova (Gever) in the Northern Kurdish province of Hakkari (Colemêrg). In 2016, she migrated to the autonomous region of North and East Syria to avoid politically motivated persecution by the Turkish state. In Rojava she was committed at civil society level for a free, respectful, emancipated and participatory life.

Last Sunday, Altuğ was murdered in a suspected targeted attack by the Turkish state in Qamishlo. She was 36 years old.