16.04.2025 07:10
The surgery of Sırrı Süreyya Önder, the Deputy Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and Istanbul MP from the DEM Party, who suffered a heart attack, has been completed. Önder's surgery lasted 7 hours due to a tear in the aorta, and he is expected to be monitored in the intensive care unit.
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Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and DEM Party Member of Parliament Sırrı Süreyya Önder was taken to Florence Nightingale Hospital by ambulance due to a heart attack he suffered in Istanbul at 11:00 PM last night.
INTENSIVE CARE IS EXPECTED
Önder, who was urgently operated on due to a tear in the aorta, had his operation completed at 6:30 AM. After the 7-hour surgery, it is expected that Önder will be placed under observation in the intensive care unit.
"THE PATIENT'S LIFE THREAT CONTINUES"
In statements made before the surgery, Prof. Dr. Çavlan Çiftçi, Rector Responsible for Medical Processes at Florence Nightingale Hospitals, announced that Önder's life-threatening condition persists. Çiftçi stated, "The surgery started around 11:30 PM. Our entire cardiology team is here. Unfortunately, the rupture of the largest vital artery coming from the heart... It is a major surgery. The patient's life threat is still ongoing. The surgery will take 7-8 hours."
STATEMENT FROM THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH
In a statement from the Ministry of Health, it was said, "Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and Istanbul Member of Parliament Sırrı Süreyya Önder has been hospitalized due to a health issue. His treatment continues in the hospital."
Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu stated on social media, "A surgical intervention is being performed on Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and Istanbul Member of Parliament Sırrı Süreyya Önder due to a rupture in the main artery coming from the heart. The surgical process is ongoing, and his condition is being closely monitored. I wish him a speedy recovery."
PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN AND BAHÇELİ RECEIVED INFORMATION
President Erdoğan and the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Numan Kurtulmuş received information about Önder's health status from Davut Gül. MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli also had a phone conversation with Tuncer Bakırhan and hospital officials. Bahçeli conveyed his get well wishes to Bakırhan and received information about Önder's latest condition from the hospital officials.
DEM PARTY CO-CHAIRS CAME TO THE HOSPITAL
Following the development, DEM Party Co-Chairs Tuncer Bakırhan and Tülay Hatimoğulları, along with a group of DEM Party MPs, headed to Istanbul. Tuncer Bakırhan, Tülay Hatimoğulları, and Group Deputy Chair Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit arrived at the hospital where Önder is being treated.
Hatimoğulları stated, "Our dear Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, DEM Party MP, and also a member of the Imralı Committee, was brought to the hospital after the first intervention by the ambulance called following a heart attack at home. It was determined that the aorta was torn in the hospital, and he was urgently taken for surgery. He has been in surgery for hours; we expect the surgery to take a long time. The information given to us by the doctors is in this direction. We will share new information regarding his health status as it comes in."
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