Brussels Mayor Emir Kir, who shut down the Natcon conference, has ties to a nationalist party in Turkey and was kicked out of his socialist party for connections to far-right Turks. Kir's opposition to 'far right' politics is seen as selective, and he has denied the Armenian Genocide.
The Muslim mayor of the Brussels neighborhood who unlawfully banned the @NatConTalk conference was a socialist member who was kicked out of his party after establishing ties with far-right Turkish counterparts. @emir_kir also denies the Armenian Genocide. https://t.co/ghOi5jmnh9
🔴 Brussels NatCon mayor was barred by socialists for meeting far-Right Turks https://t.co/7OpZAY2tc0
You can’t make this up. The Brussels mayor, Emir Kir, who shut down the Natcon conference, has ties to a nationalist party in Turkey. So his opposition to “far right” politics is somewhat selective. https://t.co/Rmt7t8ena8
You can’t make this up. The Brussels mayor, Emir Kir, who shut down the Natcon conference, has close ties to Erdogan’s nationalist party in Turkey. So his opposition to “far right” politics is somewhat selective. https://t.co/Rmt7t8ena8
Mayor @emir_kir justified his decision to ban @NatConTalk Brussels on security grounds also by stating he's happy a "far right" meeting can't take place, this while Kir was kicked out of his PS party due to ... being (Turkish nationalist) far right https://t.co/e1Zd0SUEFT https://t.co/lvCfWD5WvH