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Director and model taken into custody after fashion shoot at mosque

Director B.K. had shared the photos taken inside and outside the mosque under the title "The Magic of Contrasts." The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that both E.C., the individual photographed at Kocatepe Mosque, and B.K., the director who shared the content, have been taken into custody. The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that E.C. and B.K., under investigation for taking photos at Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara and sharing them on social media, have been taken into custody.

The statement by the prosecutor's office says, "Based on investigations conducted on written, visual, and social media publications, it has been determined that an individual named Bilal K., a director, took photos of a woman at Ankara Kocatepe Mosque and published them on social media, leading to the initiation of a criminal investigation under Article 216/3 of the Turkish Penal Code for 'publicly insulting religious values that a section of the public adopts. '

The Ankara Governorship also announced that both criminal and administrative investigations have been launched regarding the footage

Source: English Bianet