Kübra Karaaslan, a 21-year-old Turkish influencer known on TikTok—a social media platform where she shared lifestyle videos, outfits, positive messages, and viral dance videos, and where she had more than 100,000 followers—took her own life on March 23 by jumping off the Osmangazi Bridge in northern Turkey.

In connection with this, the words of her father, Osman Şevket Karaaslan, who spoke out recently, sparked significant controversy.

Osman, who is an imam (a person who leads prayer) at the Hazreti Yusuf Mosque—where his daughter’s wake was held—issued a statement addressed to those close to him, according to the local newspaper Türkiye Gazetesi.

“It was wrong for my daughter to dance in front of men during live TikTok broadcasts. I told her this many times and tried to guide her down the right path, but she didn’t listen to me. Such is fate,” he reportedly said.

Several people have viewed the father’s attitude as an attack on his daughter’s freedom.
All of this suggests that the young woman was likely deeply affected by the repercussions—especially within her own family—of her social media activity.