04.05.2025 11:30
The daughter of the Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and Istanbul MP of the DEM Party, Sırrı Süreyya Önder, Ceren Önder Kandemir, read a letter she wrote to her father with tears in her eyes at a ceremony held at AKM. In the lines she penned, Kandemir expressed, "Dad, all the color of life is gone, the life I knew has ended."
After suffering a heart attack at his home in Istanbul, TBMM Vice President Sırrı Süreyya Önder, who had aortic dissection and was treated in intensive care for 18 days, passed away in the hospital yesterday. The first ceremony for him is being held at the Atatürk Cultural Center.
READ THE LETTER HE WROTE TO HIS FATHER
Sırrı Süreyya Önder's daughter, Ceren Önder Kandemir, came to the podium and read the letter she wrote to her father with tears in her eyes. The letter included the following lines;
"A NEW LIFE IS BEGINNING"
"Whenever I wrote something, I would look for him to read it. I wrote him a letter last week, and I want to read it to you. Dad, all the colors of life are gone, the life I knew is over. A new life is beginning. It is filled with frightening uncertainty. Since I can remember, I have been afraid of losing you. This was my only weakness, my stomach ache. I used to say this man only makes me suffer by dying. Your inability to fit into homes, your reluctance to hurt anyone, your greater fear of breaking hearts.
"I WOULD CALL BECAUSE MY CAT DIED"
My heart is broken, Dad, I fell in love, I couldn't sleep, I would call because my cat died. I was very fulfilled in your fatherhood. I couldn't get enough of your friendship. I'm angry that you didn't take care of yourself."