18.10.2026 16:30
While Can Bonomo and his family were experiencing great pain after their father's death, some comments made on social media caused reactions. The famous singer's sister, Funda Bonomo, rebelled against their family's Jewish identity being brought up after the condolence messages. Drawing attention to these comments they faced after their great loss, Bonomo expressed her reaction with the words, “Aren’t we human? Doesn’t it hurt us? Don’t we deserve empathy?”
Following the death of Can Bonomo’s father, comments made on social media caused his family’s reaction. The artist’s sister, Funda Bonomo, reacted to the targeting of their Jewish identity in comments under news posts and called for empathy.
“ARE WE NOT HUMAN? DON’T WE FEEL PAIN?”
In a statement on her social media account, Funda Bonomo said that the comments they encountered during these difficult days after losing their father hurt them. Stating that because her brother Can Bonomo is a well-known artist, their father’s death became part of the entertainment agenda, Bonomo reacted to their family being targeted over their Jewish identity in comments under the news.
“OUR BEING JEWISH IS BEING TALKED ABOUT”
Drawing attention in her social media post to the pain they are experiencing, Funda Bonomo stated that after some users’ condolence messages, many people brought up the family’s Jewish identity.
Bonomo used the following statements in her post:
“Today we lost our father. Because of my brother’s career, this situation has entertainment value. I constantly come across news posts. If one person writes ‘May God have mercy on him’ in the comments, 30 people talk about our being Jewish.”
“DON’T WE DESERVE EMPATHY?”
Rebelling against the comments made after her family’s loss, Funda Bonomo reacted to people making their pain a subject of debate through their beliefs or identities.
In the continuation of her statement, Bonomo asked, “Are we not human? Don’t we feel pain? Don’t we deserve empathy?”
Also emphasizing that she embraces Atatürk as a nationalist citizen of the Republic of Turkey, Bonomo stated that she could not accept the approach she encountered.