Deniz Poyraz, who was killed in the attack on the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), will be laid to rest in Buca Kaynaklar graveyard, in the province of Izmir. The young woman will be buried today at 5 pm after a ceremony to be held at Kadifekale Mosque. HDP co-chairs, Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar, will be at the funeral.

On Thursday, an assailant with a shotgun attacked the HDP office in Izmir. Deniz Poyraz, the daughter of a party employee, was in the office, and she lost her life when assailant opened fire in the office. As the party officials in Izmir have said, the HDP building has been targeted for months. For around a month, the police have set up a checkpoint in front of the party building, in response to a family that is holding a vigil in front of the building to protest the fact that their son has been allegedly taken to the mountains by the PKK. The HDP officials in Izmir had talked with the police officials and the governorship regarding the possibility of provocation, but to no avail. Thursday’s attack, as the previous ones, took place before the eyes of the police without any intervention or prevention. Our building was blocked by police just after the incident and prevented party officials as well as the mother of Deniz Poyraz to enter the building.