Burçin Bircan

Burçin Bircan is a Turkish model who attracted attention by winning the first place in Türkiye in an international model competition in 2002, and died two years later at a young age. His short life and death sparked widespread public awareness about the impact of drug addiction on young people.

He was born in Izmir in 1984. She left Izmir before finishing her school and moved to Istanbul to work as a model.

Modeling and death

In 2002, he came first in Türkiye in the Supermodel of the World competition organized by Ford Models and was selected as New Face in the same competition. He then signed a contract with Ford's New York agency; It was known that he was planning to study fashion in the USA.

He was found dead near Kozlu Cemetery in Zeytinburnu, Istanbul, in the first days of January 2004. According to the Forensic Medicine report, death was due to poisoning due to drug use. Following the incident, a lawsuit was filed against the people who allegedly provided him with drugs.

The diaries he kept until his death were compiled by Emrullah Erdinç and published in a book called Bir Metropol Hikâyesi. The book was published as a life story that tells the tragic end that follows a bright beginning and the destructive face of drugs.