HUDA PAR thanked everyone who conveyed their condolences, especially President Erdoğan and parliament speaker Mustafa Şentop, for the death of deputy leader Mehmet Yavuz.

"To Allah we belong, and to Him we will return," HUDA PAR read the ayah from the Holy Qur'an.

In the message in which HUDA PAR thanked those who conveyed their condolences;

"Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president and chairman of the AK Party,

Speaker of the Assembly Mr. Mustafa Şentop,

Mr. Masoud Barzani, Former Head of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region,

Minister of Justice Mr. Abdulhamit Gül,

Chairman of the Saadet Party Mr. Temel Karamollaoğlu,

Chairman of the Yeniden Refah Party Mr. Fatih Erbakan,

ITTIHAD Al-ULEMA [Union of Scholar] chairman Mr. Mullah Enver Kılıçaslan;

And those who have conveyed their condolences through phone calls and messages, those who have shared our pain, those who have attended the funeral ceremony to ease our pain;

We would like to thank MPs, governors, foreign mission officers, political parties, trade unions, professional chambers, associations, foundations, communities and community representatives, academics, members of the press and all friends," the statement said.

"On this occasion, we wish mercy from Almighty Allah to our brother Mehmet Yavuz; we wish patience to his friends and lovers, especially to his grieving family, his wife Ms. Havva Yavuz, his children Ibrahim, Şevval, Zeynep Sude and Meryem."

Mehmet Yavuz, Vice President of HUDA PAR, who had been undergoing cancer treatment in the Oncology Department of Diyarbakır Dicle University for a long time and passed away on last Friday, was buried in his hometown Kahta, district of Adıyaman province.

ILKHA