Erdogan-linked activist looks to form political party for migrants in Vienna

(Breitbart) The former vice-president of a group linked to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is forming a political party in Vienna to counter “xenophobia” and to specifically give a voice to migrants.

The new migrant party, which so far has no name, is the brainchild of Hakan Gördü, the ex-vice-president of the Union of European Turkish Democrats (UETD), and is allegedly not just a party for Muslims, Kronen Zeitung reports.

Mr Gördü is not the first person in Austria to demand migrants have greater representation as migrant parties, like the New Movement for the Future (NBZ), another Turkish migrant-founded party, have attempted to enter politics in the past.

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