Turulpata Facebook page - Ridiculing the Radical

The extreme right uses the Internet and especially the new Social Media tools very efficiently to spread its ideology and worldview. The far right lives and dies by provocation which gives it the image of an honest, revolutionist and ‘frightful’ force. Diabolisation and stigmatisation backfire in the long run. The practice is based on the assumption that making far right ideas the subject of ridicule is a much more effective strategy than all other efforts. The far right’s simplistic, bombastic and single-minded ideology offers an excellent target. Turulpata Facebook page aims at preventing and countering radicalisation by reducing both the attractiveness of the extreme right ideology and the receptivity of youngsters for extreme right ideas. Target groups of the project are potential future voters and supporters of far right political movements.

Turulpata is a fictitious settlement inhabited and led by far-right minded people in Hungary. Posts on Turulpata Facebook page reflect on current issues of Hungarian domestic politics, popular beliefs, sports and hobbies on the far right scene, and symbolic persons of the far right.

Contact details:
Péter Krekó, Director
Email: kreko@politicalcapital.hu
Tel: (+36) 1 430 66 99
Futó u. 47-53
1082 Budapest
Hungary