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Turkish star Melisa Sozen denies promoting terrorism in TV role. Seven years after her role in The Bureau, Melisa Sozen has been accused of promoting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and has been questioned by police

Seven years after her role in The Bureau, Melisa Sozen has been accused of promoting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and has been questioned by police

Melisa Sozen, 39, was summoned to police headquarters in Istanbul on Monday after months of attacks on social media for her role as Esrin Gunei, a double agent Kurdish fighter based in Syria, who appears in seven episodes of the show’s third season. Sozen appeared in a uniform resembling that of the YPG Kurdish militant group in the series, known as The Bureau in its English-language version, which revolves around life in a section of the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), the French foreign intelligence service. The Istanbul native gained international acclaim in 2014 for her performance in Winter Sleep, a Turkish drama directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

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