Turkish social media star detained for paying boys to kiss each other

ISTANBUL

A social media star in Turkey has been detained for his latest video in which he had been paying boys to kiss each other in the street. 

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Oct. 15 that the 21-year-old social media figure, who was identified as B.A., was detained early in the morning at his home in the western Turkish province of İzmir.

The suspect was accused of “obscenity” and could also be charged over sexual abuse of minors due to his latest “social experiment” video shared on social media.

The man had offered money for teenagers in İzmir’s downtown coastal strip to kiss each other on the lips.