European politics flex at Turkish-origin deputy over refusal to recognize 1915 incidents as genocide
MERVE AYDOĞAN
Following the incident with Democratic Humanist Center (CDH) Deputy Mahinur Özdemir being expelled from her party in Belgium on Friday due to resisting pressure from members of her party and rejecting to call the 1915 incidents genocide, Europe's tolerance for freedom of speech began to be questioned once more. As the incident continues to be discussed, similar incidents in a number of European countries come to the minds of many. While the Belgian government and the European Union did not take initiative in regard to Özdemir's issue, previous incidents revealed that the Dutch parliament is also one of the leading countries in regard to intolerance of freedom of expression.
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