A funeral ceremony was held at the TBMM for Hasan Gülay, a deputy for Manisa in the 20th and 21st terms. The ceremony was attended by YENİ Party Chairman Özgür Özel, CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, and deputies from both the YENİ Party and the CHP.
A funeral ceremony was held at the TBMM for Hasan Gülay, a deputy for Manisa in the 20th and 21st terms, who passed away yesterday in Ankara.
The ceremony was attended by YENİ Party Chairman Özgür Özel, CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, former TBMM Speaker Bülent Arınç, YENİ Party Group Deputy Chairman Murat Emir, CHP Group Deputy Chairmen Faik Öztrak and Rahmi Aşkın Türeli, MHP Group Deputy Chairman Erkan Akçay, YENİ Party Deputy Chairwoman Aylin Yaman, YENİ Party Deputies Aliye Timisi Ersever, Umut Akdoğan, Harun Özgür Yıldızlı and Okan Konuralp, CHP Deputy Chairmen Semra Dinçer and Orhan Sarıbal, CHP Deputies Hüseyin Yıldız and Ömer Fethi Gürer, and former DSP Chairman Zekir Sezer.
Kılıçdaroğlu, who arrived at the funeral ceremony after Özel, shook hands with everyone before taking his place. Özel and Kılıçdaroğlu also shook hands.
Özel and Arınç were seen chatting during the ceremony. The funeral ceremony, which began at 11:00, included a minute of silence for Gülay, followed by a reading of his biography and prayers.
After the coffin was removed from the catafalque, Özel and Kılıçdaroğlu accompanied Gülay's family to the hearse. After the coffin was placed in the vehicle, Özel offered his condolences to the family and left the Parliament without further contact with Kılıçdaroğlu.
Kılıçdaroğlu, meanwhile, did not respond to questions from members of the press regarding the detention of CHP Deputy Secretary General Soner Çetin during an operation targeting the Çukurova Municipality, and left the Parliament in his vehicle.
News Source: 12punto
