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Filip Turek (born 15 October 1985) is a Czech politician, entrepreneur, influencer and former racing driver. He was front runner of the Přísaha and Motorists alliance in the 2024 European Parliament election, where he was elected as a MEP.
Filip Turek | |
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 Filip Turek in 2020 | |
| Born | 15 October 1985 |
| Website | www |
Biography
editTurek was born on born 15 October 1985 in Prague. He studied applied graphics at the Secondary Private Art School of Design. After graduation, he studied commercial and European law and later international and diplomatic studies at the University College Prague.
Career
editTurek is a collector of classic cars, especially British brands Jaguar, Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce and Bentley. Since 2006, he has been the chairman of the car club for car fans of the Jaguar brand, which he founded. In addition to cars, he is also into shooting, in his collection of weapons he has, for example, a Desert Eagle 50AE after Ivan Jonák, with whom he was friends after his release.[1]
In 2015, he self-published a publication Paraziti v nás (Parasites in Us),[2] which was written by his mother Eleni Turková and focuses on alternative healing methods.[3] During the COVID-19 pandemic, one of his companies, Zapper-Club s.r.o., in which he was the sole partner until August 2023 and one of the two executives until February 2022,[4] engaged in offering dubious "anti-virus" home appliances to seniors and other unsuspecting people. The State Agricultural and Food Inspection also warned against this company.[5] However, he himself denies his role in these activities.[6]
Since 2022, he has been commenting on politics, cooperating with the Internet television VOX TV, where he appears in the program Po žních k Turkovi, as well as on Xaver Live in the program Přisně tajné. He supports minimal state; questions liberal values, opposes the adoption of the euro, the EU agreement known as the Green Deal and banning the production of cars with internal combustion engines.[7]
In the 2024 European Parliament election he ran as a non-affiliated candidate for Přísaha as the leader of Přísaha and Motorists alliance.[8] During the election campaign, several old photos of Turek were circulated online, including one where he wore a golden helmet with the symbol used by the former Greek far-right neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, one where he appeared to give a Nazi salute from a car, and one with a candlestick with a swastika on a table. In discussion on CNN Prima News, Turek stated that he is a collector and also has a knife used by SS soldiers, and denied that he is a Nazi sympathizer. Czech police opened an investigation concerning his gestures.[9]
Turek was elected as an MEP with 152,196 preferential votes, the second-highest count for any candidate.[10]
References
edit- ^ Turek, Filip (28 February 2016). "Jonákův dobrý přítel: Ivana odposlouchávali. A mocní si oddechli". Týden (in Czech). Interviewed by Jakub Kvasnička. Empresa Media, a.s.
- ^ "Paraziti v nás". Knihovny.cz (in Czech).
- ^ "Paraziti v nás". Knihovny.cz (in Czech).
- ^ "Úplný výpis z obchodního rejstříku Zapper-Club s.r.o., C 263258 vedená u Městského soudu v Praze" (in Czech). Ministry of Justice.
- ^ "SZPI upozorňuje na další případy zneužívání virové epidemie při prodeji doplňků stravy" (in Czech). Státní zemědělská a potravinářská inspekce. 2020-03-27.
- ^ Juran, Kirill (10 February 2024). "Ekonomické struktury s Filipem Turkem. Ta firma není moje a čísla taky nesedí… :)". YouTube (in Czech).
- ^ Turek, Filip (17 May 2024). "Zákaz výroby aut se spalovacími motory je zvěrstvo, míní Turek za Přísahu a Motoristé sobě". ČT24 (in Czech). Interviewed by Andrea Gričová. Czech Television.
- ^ "Jmenné seznamy" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office.
- ^ Menšík, Jan; Machová, Martina (6 June 2024). "Turkovu fascinaci nacismem zkoumá policie, strana ho stáhla z předvolebních debat". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ Menšík, Jan. "Turek je hvězdou eurovoleb". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 9 June 2024.