02.10.2025 01:47
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, after his speech at the opening session of the 4th Legislative Year of the 28th Term of the Parliament, shook hands with the co-chair of the DEM Party, Tülay Hatimoğulları, at the reception, saying, "I apologize, we made such a mistake today without realizing it."
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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shook hands with representatives of political parties with a group in the Parliament after his speech at the opening session of the 4th Legislative Year of the 28th Term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM).
NOTICED TWO NAMES
It was observed that President Erdoğan did not shake hands with DEM Party Co-Chair Tülay Hatimoğulları and DEM Party Group Deputy Chair Sezai Temelli, not noticing them at that moment.
“THEY EXPRESSED THAT THEY WERE SORRY”
Hatimoğulları stated in a statement regarding the incident, "A necessary explanation was made during the day regarding that issue. They also visited us to clarify the matter. They expressed that they were sorry. That's all I can say."
ERDOĞAN TO HATİMOĞULLARI: I APOLOGIZE
Minutes after Hatimoğulları's statement, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who attended the reception, came to the DEM Party table with TBMM President Numan Kurtulmuş and his accompanying delegation.
President Erdoğan, who shook hands with DEM Party deputies and Co-Chairs Tuncer Bakırhan and Tülay Hatimoğulları, said regarding the incident, "I apologize, we made such a mistake today." He then turned to DEM Party deputies Sezai Temelli and Pervin Buldan and asked, "Did you say it during the day?" receiving the response, "Yes, we said it. No problem."
After chatting with DEM Party deputies for a while, Erdoğan then left the table.
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