Merve Büyüksaraç

Turkish singer Suavi has been sentenced to 11 months and 20 days in prison for "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but the sentence has been converted into a fine of 14,000 Turkish Liras ($3,415).

A Turkish court has handed down a 14-months suspended sentence to Merve Buyuksarac, finding her guilty of insulting Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The model and former Miss Turkey insulted Erdogan, now Turkey's president, while he was prime minister in 2014.

Opposition parties' economic promises, as well as free speech issues, the Kurdish problem and Turkey's foreign policy, have been the major electoral themes during the general election campaigns, but President Erdo?an's strong presence has overshadowed them all.
1) The 'non-partisan president'

Eleven people were detained in the western Turkish city of ?zmir on March 11 while commemorating Ivana Hoffman, the first female western fighter who died while fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria.

Local authorities in western Turkey have recently put pressure on a private firm to fire a cleaning worker for ?insulting? both President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu on her Facebook page, Do?an News Agency reported on March 9, citing a confidential document.

An eccentric Turkish singer has testified for "insulting" Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, becoming the latest celebrity targeted by Turkey's draconian laws protecting public officials from defamation.

"It is an honor to be detained for my opinions, not for stealing or for corruption," Atilla Ta? said late March 6 on his Twitter account, which has more than 720,000 followers.

Former Miss Turkey Merve Buyuksarac, 26, faces two years in prison for quoting a satirical poem on instagram and “insulting” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The poem at issue is called “The Master’s poem” and according to the Turish press satirized the powerful Turkish head of state, while paraphrasing parts of the Turkish national anthem.

Model and former Miss Turkey Merve Büyüksaraç is facing up to two years in prison for social media posts that prosecutors claim ?insult? President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.

A Turkish model has been questioned by a prosecutor for allegedly ?insulting? President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on her Instagram account, after she shared a satirical poem published in a popular magazine.

Merve Büyüksaraç, an industrial designer and writer who was crowned Miss Turkey in 2006, went to testify at the courthouse in Istanbul?s Ça?layan neighborhood on Jan. 14. 

Turkish President Recep Erdogan will begin chairing the meetings of the government next year.

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