Missing posters for Gamze Günoral
A TURKISH woman described as ‘extremely kind and very generous’ is feared to be among the victims of the bomb that exploded on the Piccadilly Line train near King’s Cross station in last week’s terrorist attacks.
Family and friends have been unable to get in contact with Gamze Günoral (24), a student believed to be from Istanbul, although police have not yet confirmed her as among the dead.
A relative called the London Turkish Gazette last Friday, in a frantic search to find Gamze, who only arrived in the UK two months ago.
She was living with her aunt in north London and set out at 8am on Thursday morning to attend classes at the Active Learning School in Hammersmith, west London.
It is believed she travelled on the Northern Line to King’s Cross, where she changed to a southbound train on the Piccadilly line to get to Hammersmith. She has not been heard from since.
The Turkish Embassy have been helping the family in their desperate search and Gamze’s mother was due to arrive in London from Turkey this week.
Friend Şerif Kunt said: ‘We are very worried about her. We have tried to ring her mobile lots of times. We don’t have any idea where she could be.’
Another friend, Osama Hokelek, put up posters for Gamze outside King’s Cross station.
Mr Hokelek said: ‘We are doing what we can to help her parents who are in Turkey. We have got to do something.
‘All we know is that she left home at 8am and she should have changed trains here. She is a very wonderful person, extremely kind, very generous, very lovely.’
The poster, featuring a picture of Gamze taken in a studio in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, read: ‘She is missing following Thursday’s bombings. On incident day she was wearing blue jeans, white jumper, double breasted white jacket, black Adidas trainers. If you have seen her please call the police.’
The family of Gamze Günoral have been too distraught to speak to the media.
Meanwhile a total of eleven victims of the bombings have been named as inquests into their deaths are opened. Fifty-two people have so far been confirmed to have died in the attacks.