Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, 26, was shot dead by Israeli forces while participating in a peaceful demonstration against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank town of Beita.

The settlements are illegal under international law but supported by right-wing members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

The United Nations' rights office said Israeli forces killed Eygi with a "shot in the head"

The mayor of Beita, the Palestinian official news agency Wafa and Eygi's family also reported that Israeli soldiers killed her.

The Israeli army has acknowledged opening fire in the area and said it was looking into the case.

"Turkey has opened an investigation," Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said.

He also said Turkey would take the case to the United Nations and push for an independent inquiry into her death.

"We will work to ensure that the (UN) Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial and Arbitrary Executions takes immediate action, and that an independent commission of inquiry is established and prepare a report," he said.

Tunc said Turkey would forward that report to the UN Human Rights Council and to the ongoing case against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

"We will continue to defend the right of our sister Aysenur and our Palestinian brothers," he added.

Her family is still waiting for Eygi's body to arrive and is hoping to bury her in the southwestern town of Didim on Friday.

"It's sad but it's also a source of pride for Didim," Eygi's uncle Ali Tikkim, 67, said on Wednesday.

"It's important that a young girl, martyred and sensitive to the world is buried here."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to ensure "that Aysenur Ezgi's death does not go unpunished".

*This story was edited by Ahram Online.