The Vigil for Justice started in front of Urfa Courthouse by Emine Şenyaşar, who lost her husband and two sons, murdered by AKP Urfa MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız's bodyguards and relatives. The woman is holding the vigil together with her son Ferit Şenyaşar, who was injured in the same attack on 14 June 2018 in Suruç, Urfa.

The Şenyaşar family paid tribute to Amed Bar Association President Tahir Elçi, who was murdered on 28 November 2015, on their Twitter account on the 265th day of their action.

The family wrote: "Where no one can tell what is white or what is black, the lights go out and darkness falls. We commemorate #TahirElçi with respect and mercy..."