Community mourns Ezgi

Ezgi Serçe

Tributes were paid at the funeral of promising teenager who was found dead in her university dormitory room.

Kingston University medicine student Ezgi Serçe, the daughter of local businessman İsmet Serçe, passed away for unexplained reasons last week. She was 18 and in her first year at the university.

Her mother Canan was inconsolable at the funeral service, held at the Alevi Cultural Centre in Dalston. Other family members came from Germany, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Many had trouble keeping on their feet.

Turkey’s Consul General in London Emirhan Yorulmazlar was among those paying his condolences at the centre, which was full to bursting with mourners. Many unable to get inside were forced to wait on the pavement outside.

After the service her body was brought to Enfield Cemetery, where she was buried in a short ceremony attended by family and friends from university.

Many of Ezgi’s university friends laid flowers on her final resting place