Merve Dizdar, best actress winner at the Cannes Film Festival, returned to Turkiye on Sunday and was met both by cheering fans and sharp criticism, highlighting the extreme polarization in the country.
Dizdar, who delivered an emotional speech on the struggle of women in Turkiye upon receiving her prize in Cannes on Saturday, landed in Istanbul in time to cast her vote in the runoff presidential election pitting President Tayyip Erdogan against opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
“I am overwhelmed with the support I see here,” Dizdar told Reuters after casting her vote at an Istanbul school. “I am very happy to bring such an award to my country,” she said, as fans sought to take selfies and offered her flowers. “I am so happy to share this with all my sisters.” In her Cannes speech, Dizdar said that she didn’t need to rehearse for the teacher’s role because she has known how such women feel “by heart since the day I was born."Ibrahim Uslu, the deputy chairman of Turkiye's Supreme Radio and Television Board, the television watchdog, accused Dizdar of undermining Turkiye.
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