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New Developments Regarding the Health Condition of Melih Meriç, a Member of the NEW Party Who Was Attacked with a Knife.

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An official statement has been released regarding the treatment process of Melih Meriç, the YENİ Party Member of Parliament who was hospitalized after being attacked with a knife in Gaziantep. Visitors have been banned from seeing Meriç due to the risk of infection.

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An official statement has been released regarding the treatment process of Melih Meriç, the YENİ Party Member of Parliament who was hospitalized after being attacked with a knife in Gaziantep. Visitors have been banned from seeing Meriç due to the risk of infection.

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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Seydi Ahmet Keleş and his son Hakan Keleş, who stabbed Yeni Party MP Melih Meriç in Gaziantep, have been arrested. Three other people detained in connection with the incident were released under judicial supervision. It has been learned that Keleş stated in his testimony that the argument arose because a promise of appointment was not fulfilled, and that he used the knife in self-defense. Meriç, whose health is improving, continues to receive tr…

Melih Meriç, the Gaziantep MP from the NEW Party, who is no longer in critical condition, is continuing his treatment in the intensive care unit. It was announced that Meriç's health is being closely monitored and that visitors are not allowed due to the risk of infection.

·Ankara, Türkiye
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The statement given to the police by Seydi Ahmet Keleş, the former CHP Oğuzeli District Chairman and perpetrator of the bloody attack in which Melih Meriç, the New Party's Gaziantep Member of Parliament, was seriously wounded by a knife stab to the abdomen, has emerged. Keleş confessed that following the political tension stemming from his appointment as Oğuzeli District Chairman, he went to the front of the building with a fruit knife from his …

·Türkiye
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A Haber broke the news in Türkiye on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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