04.05.2025 08:50
Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a member of the DEM Party and Deputy Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, passed away after being hospitalized due to heart disease and receiving treatment in intensive care for 18 days. Önder will be laid to rest today in Istanbul.
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During the intensive care process, DEM Party Istanbul Deputy and Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, who was reported to have not responded to treatment and whose neurological condition deteriorated, passed away yesterday due to multiple organ failure. Önder will be laid to rest today in Istanbul.
SIRRI SÜREYYA ÖNDER'S FUNERAL PROGRAM
The details of Sırrı Süreyya Önder's funeral program are as follows:
A memorial ceremony will be held today at 11:00 AM at AKM.
After the funeral prayer to be held after the afternoon prayer at Levent Barbaros Hayrettin Paşa Mosque, Sırrı Süreyya Önder's body will be buried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.
DEM PARTY'S "FUNERAL" STATEMENT
In the funeral program statement made by the DEM Party, it was stated, "We are sending off our comrade Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a laborer for peace, on his last journey today in Istanbul."
CAUSE OF DEATH: MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE
In a statement from the hospital where Önder was treated, the following was stated: "Mr. Sırrı Süreyya Önder was brought to our hospital by ambulance with a closed consciousness, respiratory and cardiac arrest at 22:41 on April 15, 2025. He urgently underwent a Bentall operation (aortic valve replacement and ascending aorta replacement) and a vascular bypass surgery with the diagnosis of 'Aortic Dissection.' After the surgery, his hemodynamic stability was ensured under ECMO (heart support device) and intensive medical treatment in our intensive care unit. The patient's neurological condition worsened, and he entered multiple organ failure as his life-threatening condition increasingly escalated. Mr. Sırrı Süreyya Önder passed away due to multiple organ failure at 16:10 on April 3, on the 18th day of his follow-up and treatment in our intensive care unit. Our condolences to his family and all his loved ones."
MESSAGE FROM ERDOĞAN ABOUT SIRRI SÜREYYA ÖNDER
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made statements at the TEKNOFEST TRNC Award Ceremony. Erdoğan expressed his condolences at the podium for DEM Party İmralı delegation member and Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, who passed away in the hospital where he was being treated.
"I BELIEVE WE WILL REACH A TURKEY WITHOUT TERRORISM"
Highlighting the process of a Turkey without terrorism, President Erdoğan stated, "I want to express my sadness here regarding the passing of Mr. Sırrı Süreyya Önder, the Istanbul Deputy and Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. I had received Mr. Önder and Ms. Buldan at our presidential complex and we had a productive meeting regarding the contacts they were conducting. I wish God's mercy upon him and condolences to his grieving family, loved ones, and the DEM Party community. I sincerely believe that we will reach the goal of a Turkey without terrorism, to which the late Önder contributed significantly in recent times."
BAHÇELİ: I AM TRULY VERY SAD
MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli stated the following in his condolence message: "We have unfortunately lost Mr. Sırrı Süreyya Önder, who united art and politics in his person, deserving respect and love from the public with his simple life and prudent character, as the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly and Istanbul Deputy of the DEM Party."
I am truly very sad. Even if we had different worldviews, we were focused on the peaceful and prosperous future of the same country. I believe that the manifestation of a Turkey without terrorism will be a spiritual gift to the late Önder and an eternal service to our national unity and brotherhood. I pray for God's mercy upon my brother Sırrı, and I wish him to be rewarded with paradise, His beauty, and His mercy. I express my condolences to his grieving family, the DEM Party community, his loved ones, and his voters, and indeed to all of us."
WHO IS SIRRI SÜREYYA ÖNDER?
Sırrı Süreyya Önder is from Adıyaman, born in 1962, and completed his primary and secondary education in Adıyaman. He won a place at Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences but could not complete his education due to the military coup on September 12, 1980. Önder was sentenced to 12 years in prison for participating in anti-coup protests in Ankara and served 7 years in prison. In addition to being a film director, screenwriter, and actor, Önder also worked as a columnist for various newspapers. He won the Best Film Award at the 2007 International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival with the film "Beynelmilel," which he wrote the screenplay for and co-directed with Muharrem Gülmez.
Önder was elected as the Istanbul Deputy in the 24th term and as the Ankara Deputy in the 25th and 26th terms. He was part of the HDP delegation that participated in the İmralı negotiations during the "solution process" from 2013 to 2015. Önder was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison for propaganda of a terrorist organization and was released in 2019. In the 2023 general elections, Önder was elected as the Istanbul deputy of the 28th term from the DEM Party. He served as the Deputy Chairman of the Grand National Assembly in the 24th term and as a member of the Constitutional Commission in the 25th and 26th terms. Önder was part of the delegation formed on behalf of the DEM Party in the İmralı negotiations and was serving as the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly. Önder is a father of one child.
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