Filip Turek (racing driver)

Filip Turek (born 15 October 1985) is a Czech politician, entrepreneur, influencer and former racing driver. He was front runner of the Přísaha and Motorists alliance in the 2024 European Parliament election, where he was elected as a MEP.

Filip Turek
Filip Turek in 2020
Born (1985-10-15) 15 October 1985
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Websitewww.filipturek.cz

Biography

Turek was born on born 15 October 1985 in Prague. He studied applied graphics at the Secondary Private Art School of Design. After graduation, he studied Commercial and European Law and is now studying International and Diplomatic Studies at University College Prague.

Career

Turek is a collector of classic cars, especially British brands Jaguar, Aston Martin, Rolls-Royce and Bentley. Since 2006, he has been the chairman of the car club for car fans of the Jaguar brand, which he founded. In addition to cars, he is also into shooting, in his collection of weapons he has, for example, a Desert Eagle 50AE after Ivan Jonák, with whom he was friends after his release.[1]

Since 2022, he has been commenting on politics, cooperating with the Internet television VOX TV, where he appears in the program Po žních k Turkovi, as well as on Xaver Live in the program Přisně tajné. He supports minimal state; questions liberal values, opposes the adoption of the euro, the EU agreement known as the Green Deal and banning the production of cars with internal combustion engines.[2]

In the 2024 European Parliament election he ran as a non-affiliated candidate for Přísaha as the leader of Přísaha and Motorists alliance.[3]

Turek was elected as an MEP with 152,196 preferential votes, the second-highest count for any candidate.[4]

References
  1. Turek, Filip (28 February 2016). "Jonákův dobrý přítel: Ivana odposlouchávali. A mocní si oddechli". Týden (in Czech). Interviewed by Jakub Kvasnička. Empresa Media, a.s.
  2. Turek, Filip (17 May 2024). "Zákaz výroby aut se spalovacími motory je zvěrstvo, míní Turek za Přísahu a Motoristé sobě". ČT24 (in Czech). Interviewed by Andrea Gričová. Czech Television.
  3. "Jmenné seznamy" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office.
  4. Menšík, Jan. "Turek je hvězdou eurovoleb". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
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