Musa Pekdemir, who has been selling ice cream with a mobile vehicle for 45 years in the political campus known as Binnenhof in The Hague, Netherlands, passed away on 3 June in the hospital where he was treated after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage last April. Pekdemir’s death was announced on social media by the Hart voor Den Haag (Heart of The Hague) Party, of which he was a member.
After Pekdemir’s death, many political condolences were issued, including Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. “Sad news,” Rutte wrote. Binnenhof’s permanent ice cream maker Moes (Moses) has passed away. My friend, a resident of Binnenhof, has put a smile on the face of day visitors, politicians and journalists for years. The Hague will miss him. I wish patience and condolences to his relatives,” he said.
Rutte described Pekdemir as one of the four permanent residents of The Hague, along with the Senate, the House of Representatives and the Prime Minister.
Sebastian Kruis, a member of The Hague City Council, said: “He is an icon who will be greatly missed in The Hague. I hope his family and friends find solace in good memories.”
HE DID NOT LOSE THE WORK AS A RESULT OF THE PEOPLE
Faced with the risk of losing his job with the decision to ban motorcycles from the city center taken by The Hague Municipality to prevent environmental pollution, Musa Pekdemir was included in the exemption after the public’s reaction and did not lose his job. For years, ministers, undersecretaries, deputies, prime ministers and the Queen of the Netherlands had been Pekdemir’s customers. Pekdemir’s family had immigrated from Turkey to the Netherlands in the mid-1960s. (UAV)