Turkish Delight

Charles Oliver | 3.6.2015 6:00 AM

Model and former Miss Turkey Merve Buyuksarac faces up to two years in prison on charges of insulting a public official. Buyuksarac posted online a quote from a satirical poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. She removed the quote after being warned by a friend and claims she didn't mean to insult Erdogan, but a prosecutor is demanding she be charged for the act.

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