18.02.2025 15:01
In Manisa, Mehmet Ensar Özden and Gizem Özmen, who were in a vehicle that collided with a parked tanker, lost their lives. While the tanker driver was taken into custody, it was revealed that Gizem Özmen was a social media influencer known as "Lavinia Özmen" on TikTok.
In the Kırkağaç district of Manisa, a car with the license plate 34 FD 1236, driven by Mehmet Ensar Özden, crashed into a tanker with the license plate 35 AVV 945, which was parked on the emergency lane near the Kırkağaç toll booths on the İzmir-Istanbul Highway. Upon notification, health, gendarmerie, and fire brigade teams were dispatched to the accident site. During the health team's examination, it was determined that the car driver Mehmet Ensar Özden and his companion Gizem Özmen (24) had died.
IT TURNED OUT SHE WAS A TIKTOK PHENOMENON
While the tanker driver was taken into custody, it was revealed that Gizem Özmen was a phenomenon known as "Lavinia Özmen" on TikTok, one of the social media platforms. The funeral of driver Özden was sent to his hometown Istanbul the day before, while Gizem Özmen's funeral was sent to the Urla district of İzmir for burial.
HE WAS KNOWN AS "THE VOICE OF SILENT WARS LAVINIA"
Gizem Özmen, who became a phenomenon by sharing a childhood photo with the note "trauma bowl" on TikTok last year, described her difficult days. Özmen stated that she aimed to support women in similar situations by sharing her experiences, and she gained 22,000 followers on Instagram and 155,000 followers on TikTok. Recently, Özmen has been anonymously publishing her followers' stories and introducing herself with the nickname "The Voice of Silent Wars Lavinia."