Merv, Beauxarts publicly insulted Erdogan in Instagram.
A former winner of the title “Miss Turkey 2006”, Beauxarts Merwe was found guilty of public insult in 2014, then-Prime Minister and now President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
It should be noted that the court sentenced 27-year-old girl to 14 months of imprisonment conditionally. The punishment will be real, if Buyukburc re-offend the head of state.
The proceedings concerned the post of Beauxarts photoblog in Instagram, which she placed back in 2014, when Erdogan was Prime Minister. The girl shared the link to “Poem of the leader” — a parody of the Turkish national anthem, which was published in the satirical magazine Uykusuz. Later she deleted the account, because one of the friends warned her about the possible consequences.
We will note that recently in Turkey the arrests of scholars and public figures, calling for a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question. In addition, journalists are subjected to persecution of opposition publications. So, at the end of April this year it was reported that he remained out of work for over 400 employees of the opposition Turkish media.
“Miss Turkey is a national beauty contest. Participation is open to unmarried women, combining intelligence and beauty. Held annually in Turkey starting in 1929. The first contest was held in 1929 in Istanbul, where the winner was Feriha Tevfik. Beauxarts, won the title “Miss Turkey” in 2006.
