HasanAbi

**Hasan Piker**, known online as **HasanAbi**, is a Turkish-American political streamer and YouTuber. While he frequently does reaction videos and other miscellaneous content, he's also well-known for his political advocacy of socialism.

He was featured on BreadTube.tv. He attended Butterpalooza charity stream hosted by The Serfs between October 18 and October 20 of 2019.

## Early Life

Hasan was born in New Jersey on July 25, 1991 to Turkish parents. During his childhood, he lived in the city of Istanbul. He says he became more political during his teenage years when Turkey's president Erdogan sued a cartoonist for depicting him as a cat, which Hasan saw as political repression.

Upon becoming an adult, he returned to America and attended Rutgers University.

## Career

In 2013, Hasan became an intern for The Young Turks, a left-leaning political talk show hosted by his uncle, Cenk Uygur. In 2016, he then became the host of *The Breakdown*, which was a TYT show on Facebook. While the show allowed him to gain a following, he started to lose viewers over time, leading him to start a Twitch career in 2018. It was from this point onwards that he started to spike in popularity due to his long political commentary and the collabs he did with other creators.

Hasan would fully leave TYT in early 2020.

## Views

Hasan advocates for socialist and progressive values. He supported Bernie Sanders in both the 2016 and 2020 Democratic primaries.

## Controversies

* In 2019, Hasan was temporarily suspended from Twitch for saying America deserved 9/11 and for making crude comments about Rep. Crenshaw's lost eye. He would later go on TYT to defend his comments, citing U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East as a catalyst for 9/11. He also regretted not using clearer language to express himself.
* In 2021, he was accused of being unprincipled for buying a multi-million dollar house as a socialist. Many have defended Hasan's purchase, including Ethan Klein and Ana Kasparian.

## References

1. ↑ ~~Channels~~. BreadTube.tv. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
2. ↑ ~~Hasan Piker~~. BreadTube.tv. Archived from the original on August 26, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
3. ↑ A Serfs Spooktacular [@theserfstv] (October 19, 2019). First night of Butterpalooza was a ton of fun. We raised over 3400 for two awesome charities (that's nearly 50 million Canadian)! And got visited by industry legend @davidscottjaffe! Even more adventures to be had today so come join at http://twitch.tv/theserfstv (Tweet). Twitter. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
4. ↑ A Serfs Spooktacular [@theserfstv] (October 20, 2019). We're almost at our fundraising goals of $10k that gets clean drinking water into Aboriginal communities @waterfirstngo and help @TransLifeline keep saving lives! Final day of butterpalooza is upon us! http://twitch.tv/theserfstv #SundayThoughts #SundayMotivation #SundayFunday. (Tweet). Twitter. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/style/hasan-piker-twitch.html "How Hasan Piker Took Over Twitch"
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.insider.com/hasan-piker-hasanabi-twitch-interview-stream-video-profile-2021-8 "How Hasan Piker Took Over Twitch"
7. ↑ https://www.thegamer.com/streamer-suspended-twitch-controversial-911-statement/ "Streamer Suspended From Twitch Due To Controversial 9/11 Statement"
8. ↑ https://www.insider.com/hasan-piker-house-twitch-streamer-criticized-los-angeles-2021-8 "Leftist political commentator Hasan Piker faces criticism for buying a nearly $3 million home in Los Angeles County"
9. ↑ h3h3 tweet | Hasan's house https://twitter.com/h3h3productions/status/1428532452088156161
10. ↑ Kasparian tweet | Hasan's house https://twitter.com/AnaKasparian/status/1428573997457809409