Overview
- On Oct. 16, Wave of Freedom president Dr. Yacine Haffaf informed the French delegation that Cakici was excluded from the association.
- The move followed investigations by Le Ch’ni, Mediapart and StreetPress, supported by activist archiving of years of antisemitic, anti‑Kurdish and homophobic posts.
- Examples cited include shares titled “How the Jewish lobby controls France,” claims that Zionists collaborated with Nazis, and insults targeting LGBT leaders.
- La France insoumise and MEP Rima Hassan publicly distanced themselves from Cakici, while local AFPS, CGT and PCF figures had earlier broken with a Besançon collective over his conduct.
- Cakici, a Besançon mosque leader linked to Millî Görüş, told StreetPress he stands by his statements, framing them as opposition to Zionism.