23rd September, 2017
According to Sozcu newspaper and other media tweet which has since been erased, read: “I got my period on the morning of the July 15 martyrs’ day. I’m marking the day by bleeding as a representation of the martyrs’ blood.”
Esen reportedly denied the account was hers. But Can Sandikcioglu, who heads the Miss Turkey Organization, said the committee said it confirmed she was the author of the tweet, even though it took them hours.
“We are sad to announce that we have reached the conclusion that the tweet was posted by Itir Esen,” the organization quoted Sandikcioglu as saying. “It is not possible for the Miss Turkey Organization, whose aim is to promote Turkey worldwide and to contribute to its image, to accept such a posting.”
18-year-old Miss Turkey, Itir Esen was dethroned today, just a day after winning the contest over a social media post that was deemed insulting, to the memory of the 250 people killed while opposing last year’s failed military coup, AP has revealed.
According to the organizers who also stripped Esen of her right to represent Turkey at the Miss World contest in China, her title was revoked because of a tweet in July that they described as “unacceptable.”
Runner-up Asli Sumen will now represent Turkey in China. Media reports said Esen, a model and university student, caused a storm on social media after she posted a remark on Twitter as the country held memorials for the victims on the first anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt.