The winner of Miss Turkey 2017 has been stripped of her crown after one of her past tweets came to light.
Itir Esen, 18, had shared a post referencing last year’s coup attempt, comparing her menstrual cycle to the spilt blood of “martyrs”.
The competition’s organisers said the tweet was “unacceptable” and confirmed their decision to dismiss her, just hours after she won.
Ms Esen has since said, via Instagram, that she was not being political.
The tweet was posted around the first anniversary of the 15 July coup attempt, when nearly 250 people died fighting an army uprising.
She wrote: “I am having my period this morning to celebrate the July 15 martyrs’ day. I am celebrating the day by bleeding a representation of our martyrs’ blood.”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan regularly refers to the “martyrs” who died resisting the coup.
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