Left Party MP expelled from German parliament for wearing Palestine t-shirt

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Left Party MP expelled from German parliament for wearing Palestine t-shirt  Bundestag president Julia Klöckner explained that political statements expressed through clothing are not allowed, before asking Köktürk to leave.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/06/04/left-party-mp-expelled-from-german-parliament-for-wearing-palestine-t-shirt  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Left-Party MP Kanzin Kirk-Turk was thrown out of a German Parliament plenary chamber on Wednesday

00:08for wearing a T-shirt with the word Palestine written on it.

00:13Bundestag President Julia Klerkner explained that political statements expressed through clothing are not allowed

00:19before asking Kirk-Turk to leave.

00:30Klerkner added that she had asked Kirk-Turk in private to change her clothes, who had apparently refused.

00:38It's not the first time Kirk-Turk has sparked controversy.

00:42On her first day as an MP, she appeared in Parliament wearing a scarf resembling a Palestinian kafir,

00:49a move which prompted members of the Conservative CDU to push for an official ban on such symbols.

00:55The Bundestag's regulations do not clearly set out rules on clothing,

01:01but require deputies and visitors to dress in keeping with the prestige of the institution.

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