Turkish-US commentators banned from entering UK over Israel remarks
Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur.(Getty Images)
Turkish origin U.S. political commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker have said they were denied entry to the U.K. with British authorities reportedly linking the decision to their public remarks on Israel.
Uygur, cofounder of the U.S.-based online political commentary network The Young Turks, said he discovered the travel restriction while attempting to board a flight to London, where he was due to speak at the SXSW London festival and Oxford University.
In a series of posts on X, he said UK officials had described him as “a serious risk.”
