After their meeting with Abdullah Öcalan on İmralı, the DEM Party’s İmralı Delegation held talks with political parties in Turkey. A press statement on their contents is expected on January 17.
On December 28, 2024, DEM Party MPs Sirri Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan met with Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan on Imralı Prison Island. During the conversation, Abdullah Öcalan conveyed messages aimed at finding a solution. Following this dialogue, the delegation met with various political actors and parties. They first held talks with Ahmet Davutoğlu, the leader of the Future Party, as well as with members of the AKP faction and the leader of the SAADET Party, Mahmut Arıkan.
In addition, talks were held with leading representatives of the CHP, the DEVA party and the Yeni Refah Partisi (New Welfare Party). The delegation continued its talks by also meeting with the imprisoned former HDP co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ.
Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Pervin Buldan have announced that they will make a detailed written statement on the talks and their possible impact on the political process on January 17, 2025.
According to Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç, the delegation of the DEM Party has not yet submitted a further application to travel to Imralı. Sırrı Süreyya Önder emphasized in this regard that a corresponding application will be submitted in the coming week. He said that the dialogue should continue in order to find a solution to the political challenges.
