ISTANBUL - While Sırrı Süreyya Önder's surgery, which started at 23.00, continues, it was reported that his heart started beating, although not at the desired level.
Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party MP and İmralı Delegation member Sırrı Süreyya Önder suffered a heart attack on Tuesday evening and was admitted to the Florence Nightingale Hospital in Istanbul. He underwent emergency surgery there. His condition is described as serious, and the prognosis remains guarded.
The DEM Party issued an official statement on Önder's health: "Our parliamentary group member and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Sırrı Süreyya Önder was taken to the hospital due to a serious heart condition. The attending physicians immediately took the necessary measures. His health is being closely monitored, and the public will be informed of any further developments."
The Turkish Ministry of Health also confirmed the politician's admission and wished him a speedy recovery.
DEM Party co-chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan went to Istanbul.
DEM Party İmralı Delegation and Istanbul MP ??Pervin Buldun, Asrın Law Office lawyer Özgür Faik Erol, DEM Party MPs, Turkish Workers' Party (TİP) Chair Erkan Baş, as well as representatives of many political parties, unions, institutions and organizations came together in front of the hospital.
DEM Party Spokesperson Aysegul Dogan stressed that the operation continues and they will inform people about new developments.