Reaction from Director of Communications Duran to the group that left the hall in the Turkish Grand National Assembly

Director of Communications Burhanettin Duran made the following statements regarding leaving the hall during President Erdoğan's speech:

The Turkish Grand National Assembly is the manifestation of the national will; It is a place where different political views talk, debate and speak on behalf of the nation under the same roof. Today, when our President, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, went to the podium to address the General Assembly on the opening of the new legislative year, the New Party Group's leaving the hall is not only a political attitude towards the Presidential office, but also a serious disrespect for the national will, state tradition and parliamentary practices. This attitude is discourteous and inappropriate, not in line with the love of our Veteran Council. Democratic politics requires not only speaking one's own words, but also tolerating different opinions and having the maturity to listen to the President elected by the nation in the nation's Parliament. Putting political disputes before the deep-rooted traditions of the state and the common law of the Parliament is incompatible with the understanding of democratic representation.