Merve Büyüksaraç

Merve Büyüksaraç (born June 13, 1988 in Ankara ) is the Miss Turkey of 2006.

Life

Büyüksaraç studied industrial design at Yeditepe Üniversitesi in Istanbul and works in this profession and as a writer. In 2007 she took part in the reality show Buzda Dans . In 2012 she also took part in the reality TV show Survivor Türkiye .

In January 2015 she was interrogated by the Istanbul prosecutor's office, because they are on their Instagram - Page a satirical poem about the Turkish President Erdoğan posted had. The poem with the title "Poem of the Master" is based on the lyrics of the Turkish national anthem and exercises satirical criticism of the president, whose son Bilal is mentioned by name. It was first published in the satirical magazine "Uykusuz" (German: sleepless). After a friend warned her that she might have trouble posting poems like this, she removed it from her Instagram account. She said that she thought the poem was funny and had no intention of offending Erdoğan. The prosecutor said the poem crossed the boundaries of freedom of expression. In the trial before the competent court, she faced imprisonment for one to two years. Büyüksaraç was finally sentenced in May 2016 to thirteen months probation for denigrating President Erdogan.

context

Erdogan was in August 2014. President of Turkey elected . Since then, Erdogan has filed nearly 2,000 libel lawsuits against journalists, students and other citizens. Critics accuse him of restricting freedom of the press and freedom of expression in Turkey more and more.

Footnotes

1. ^ Former Miss Turkey faces prison for 'insulting' President Erdoğan , Hurriyet Daily News, February 25, 2015
2. ↑ Poem about Erdogan: Former Miss Turkey threatens prison , SPIEGEL online, February 25, 2015
3. ↑ spiegel.de: "Poem of the Master": Former Miss Turkey convicted of insulting the president