She was assassinated in Paris on 9 January 2013, along with Sakine Cansız and Leyla Şöylemez.[2][3] On 17 January in Diyarbakir tens of thousands of Kurds remembered the three women in a ceremony.[4] Her funeral was conducted by an Alevi dede.[5] She was buried in her family's village in the province of Kahramanmaraş's Elbistan district.[6]