For Ceyda: A Turkish Mum's Fight For Justice For Murdered Daughter

Filiz Demiral, centre, whose daughter was murdered by a man, joins the growing ranks of Turkish families fighting to demand justice for loved ones who died in violent circumstances (Credit: AFP)

Filiz Demiral was at home in Istanbul when she got the phone call in August 2020 that would turn her life upside down: her 20-year-daughter Ceyda had been found dead with the police telling her it was suicide.

But Demiral refused to believe it. And as the forensic evidence emerged, it quickly became clear she had been violently attacked by a man she met online about adopting a dog -- her death sparking a years-long quest for justice from Turkey's courts that is far from over.