BREAKING NEWS... Critical Erdoğan-DEM delegation summit at the Palace has ended! Here are the photos from the meeting: The Efkan Ala detail

The meeting between President Erdoğan and the Imralı delegation has concluded. DEM Party deputies Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan attended the meeting at Beştepe. MIT Undersecretary İbrahim Kalın and Efkan Ala were also present at the meeting.

In his assessment before the visit, Sırrı Süreyya Önder had said, "Dear friends, today we will present the current state of the process to the President with our Chair Pervin, and we will inform him. We will share both his views and suggestions and our own suggestions regarding what comes next. We believe that both the democratic political sphere and peace and related activities will continue with much more rapid, faster, and higher-quality steps from now on. Let me say this much for now."

"WE HAVE SOME NOTES"

Pervin Buldan had used the following expressions: "Dear friends, first of all, I would like to thank you for your interest. I would like to state that this is an important meeting. We have held many meetings so far. We have held many meetings with the chairmen of opposition parties, with Mr. Öcalan in Imralı, but also with non-governmental organizations. Today, we will have a meeting with the President. I would like to underline that this is an important meeting. Because perhaps for the first time, the President will exchange views with us on this issue. He will express his views to us on what needs to be done. We will also inform him about all the meetings we have held. May it be auspicious for all of us, may it be auspicious for Turkey. I say once again that I hope it will lead to peace."

FIRST PHOTOS FROM THE CRITICAL VISIT HAVE ARRIVED

The first photos from the meeting between President and AKP Chairman Erdoğan and the DEM Party delegation have arrived. It was noted that Efkan Ala and MIT Undersecretary İbrahim Kalın were also present at the meeting.

THE MEETING LASTED 1 HOUR AND 25 MINUTES

The meeting between Erdoğan and the DEM Party delegation has ended. The meeting lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. No statement is expected from the government side. A written statement is expected from the DEM Party side.

Here are the photos from the meeting:

STATEMENT FROM DEM PARTY

Following the meeting between President Erdoğan and DEM Party officials, a statement came from the DEM Party. The official statement made by the DEM Party included the following expressions:

The DEM Party Imralı Delegation, consisting of Pervin Buldan and Sırrı Süreyya Önder, has made the following statement regarding the meeting held today with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan:

“Our meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his delegation took place in an extremely positive, constructive, productive, and hopeful atmosphere for the future.

The importance of the point reached in the process was confirmed, and the subsequent stages were evaluated mutually. It was stated that a period without violence and conflict, where the democratic and political sphere is strengthened, is of vital importance for our country, our citizens, and our region.

Our delegation and our party will continue their work to realize the Call for Peace and a Democratic Society with an even stronger will and care in the coming period. As of the point reached today, we are honored to present to the knowledge of our entire country that we are more hopeful than yesterday.

We express our gratitude to all political parties and social segments that have strengthened the process with their suggestions, warnings, and criticisms until today.”