When Aysegul Gurbuz, a Turkish Muslim in the UK, ran for Warwick Student Union’s Ethnic Minorities Officer by promising to “increase awareness of Holocaust Memorial Day”, someone should have asked for more details.
Aysegul Gurbuz was elected to Luton Borough Council last May. Tweets posted on her account include a claim that Hitler is the "greatest man in history" and the shocking statement: "The Jews are so powerful in the US it's disgusting."
The councillor, who represents the High Town ward and is Luton's youngest, also sits on a panel supervising Bedfordshire Police.
Well I certainly feel confident in her interfaith commitments.
As well as being a local councillor, Gurbuz was a candidate for Warwick Student Union’s Ethnic Minorities Officer, listing in her manifesto a commitment to “increase awareness of Holocaust Memorial Day”, and promising "more investment in interfaith week."
The Politics and Sociology student is also listed as the events coordinator on the executive committee of Warwick University's Friends of Palestine Society.
This is what friends do in their spare time.