04.05.2025 21:52
The leader of the CHP, Özgür Özel, shared the secret entrusted to him by the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly and Istanbul MP of the DEM Party, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, who was bid farewell on his final journey. Özel stated, "The screenplay of a film called 'A Republican Song' belongs to Sırrı Süreyya Önder," and also mentioned that Önder had said, "Let it be known after I die."
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CHP General Chairman Özgür Özel shared a secret entrusted to him by the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) and DEM Party Istanbul Deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder, who was laid to rest today.
Özel mentioned a dialogue he had with Sırrı Süreyya, using the following expressions:
"SIRRI SÜREYYA HAS A TRUST"
"Sırrı Süreyya has a trust, let me tell you about it. One day he came to me and said, 'Have you watched the movie A Republican Song?' When I replied, 'I haven't watched it,' he said, 'Watch it for my sake.' I said, 'I will watch it anyway. How can I not watch it?' We watched A Republican Song in a cinema hall filled with Ekrem's team, the daughter and son of Ahmet Özer, who had just been arrested at that time, our Istanbul Provincial Chairman, our MYK members, and youth branches.
"HE SAID, 'LET THEM KNOW AFTER I DIE'"
Then when we got together, he asked, 'Did you like it?' He said, 'This secret is entrusted to you until I die. You can tell it later. I wrote the script of that movie.' We asked, 'Brother, why don't you say it?' At that time, of course, it was before October 1, during the period when Sırrı Bey's politics and party were demonized. He said, 'It would be a shame for the efforts of those in the film. Let them know after I die.' From that day until today, this secret was with me.
"SIRRI SÜREYYA ÖNDER WROTE THE SCRIPT OF A REPUBLICAN SONG"
This morning, I told one or two people, my very close ones. Let everyone know that the script of that wonderful film, A Republican Song, was written by Sırrı Süreyya Önder, of course together with the current screenwriter friend. They will probably reveal it from now on.
"HE SAID, 'WE WILL ENTRUST IT TO THE LAST CHAIRMAN OF THE PARTY'"
Because he was saying, 'Let it be known after I die.' I asked, 'Why did you entrust this to me?' The film tells about Atatürk. He said, 'I told about the first chairman of that party. Well, we will entrust this to the last chairman, I guess.'
'A REPUBLICAN SONG' MOVIE
The film "A Republican Song," produced in 2024 and focusing on Turkey's art policy, tells the story of the Özsoy Opera, which was composed in just 27 days by Ahmed Adnan Saygun at the request of President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, specifically for the visit of Iranian Shah Reza Pahlavi to Turkey in 1934. The film, directed by Yağız Alp Akaydın, took 1.5 years to prepare. It was shot in historical locations such as the Musiki Muallim Mektebi and the Turkish Hearth Stage, which is now used as the Ankara Painting and Sculpture Museum. The film had its world premiere on October 18, 2024, and was released in theaters on October 25, 2024.
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