HÜDA PAR Deputy Chairman and Batman lawmaker Serkan Ramanlı met with civil society representatives, local leaders and residents in Yüksekova, in southeastern Türkiye’s Hakkari province, to discuss local infrastructure, education and healthcare problems.

Ramanlı said the party would convey residents’ demands to relevant institutions and raise issues requiring legislative action in the Turkish parliament.

Ramanlı visited Yüksekova as part of a programme with party officials, including Central Executive Board member Mehmet Mehdi Oğuz and Van provincial deputy chairman Fevzi Doğan.

He began his visit at a charity bazaar organised by Islamic civil society organisations to raise funds for Gaza, where he met representatives of non-governmental organisations and Burhan Yaşar, chairman of the ruling AK Party’s Yüksekova district branch.

Ramanlı later met former lawmaker and local opinion leader Esad Canan at his home. Their discussions covered the government’s “Terror-Free Türkiye” process, the Kurdish issue and political developments.

Canan praised HÜDA PAR’s position on resolving the Kurdish issue and its work in parliament, and thanked Ramanlı and his delegation for the visit.

During visits to the villages of Aksu, İnanlı and Kayakonak, Ramanlı explained the party’s activities and listened to residents’ concerns.

Villagers called for road and water infrastructure deficiencies to be addressed and urged the party to raise problems affecting education and healthcare in parliament.

Ramanlı also met Salih Özdemir, chairman of the Yüksekova Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to discuss the district’s economy, trade volume, social structure and potential solutions to local problems.

On the second day of the programme, he met village and neighbourhood headmen, known as mukhtars, over breakfast to hear about longstanding problems and urgent demands.

Mehmet Salih Diler, chairman of the Yüksekova Association for Assistance and Solidarity with Disabled Individuals, also raised issues affecting people with disabilities.

Ramanlı said the party collected residents’ concerns during visits across the country and conveyed them to government officials and parliament.

“We do not ask the government for anything for ourselves or for our party,” he said, adding that HÜDA PAR sought to raise individual and community needs that would benefit the public.

He said party advisers in Ankara documented the concerns and that representatives raised them with ministers, senior officials and, when necessary, the president.

Issues for which administrative solutions were delayed or unavailable could be brought before parliament, Ramanlı said.

He added that some problems had been resolved, while others remained unresolved or could not be addressed immediately by the government.

Ramanlı also said HÜDA PAR was continuing efforts to establish provincial and district organisations in Hakkari, describing the visits as part of its work to strengthen its presence in the province.

“God willing, in the coming period, on our next visit, we will stand before you with our provincial and district chairmanships already established,” he said.

In a statement issued after the programme under the leadership of Köprücük village headman Atakan Açıkel, local headmen thanked Ramanlı for organising the meeting and listening directly to their concerns.

The statement said the lawmaker would convey the problems and demands raised by the headmen to the relevant ministries and parliament.

It also described Ramanlı as a voice for residents of the region and citizens across Türkiye.

Ramanlı’s programme in Yüksekova concluded with a visit to a madrasah. (ILKHA)