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Singer Yıldız Tilbe objects publicly in May, June and October 2026 to AI-made videos and photos that use the singer's image without permission, including material that, in Tilbe's words, makes the singer talk with people the singer does not know

Turkish outlets reported on 3 October 2026 that the singer Yıldız Tilbe wrote on social media: "I am very tired of people adding my images to videos and photos using artificial intelligence. I am fed up with your AI. Stop sending me videos like this." T24 says the videos and photos were prepared without the singer's permission and were sent to Tilbe frequently during the day. In May 2026 Tilbe had said, in remarks reported by T24 and Posta, that AI was frightening and that some websites showed Tilbe talking with people the singer did not know at all. Yeni Asır reported in June 2026 that Tilbe told reporters the AI videos using the singer's face bothered the singer. No legal step or platform action is reported and no maker is named; Sözcü says followers prepared the material.

AI system
Unidentified image and video tool
Occurred
2026
Reported
10 May 2026
Event location
Unknown
What the AI did
Depicted or impersonated the person
Reported harm
Psychological Distress
Whose AI use
Someone else’s AI use
Setting
Everyday life · Work
Evidence
AI involvement reported · Causal attribution supported · 5 sources, 1 underlying account
4 claims: 4 reported. 5 open questions
People reported harmed
1 person

AI system as recorded: Videos and photos into which other people insert the singer's image using AI, and material on some websites that, in Tilbe's words, makes the singer talk with people the singer does not know at all; the tools are not identified and no maker is named

What Happened

T24 (10 May 2026) quoted Tilbe: "I find artificial intelligence frightening. On some sites on the internet I see that they have made me talk with people I do not know at all. It can be useful in art, but if it is used badly it can be very dangerous." Posta (10 May 2026), citing the newspaper Günaydın, reported that Tilbe said fake videos of the singer had recently been made on digital platforms using AI and complained about it. Yeni Asır (24 June 2026) reported that Tilbe told magazine reporters that the AI videos using the singer's face bothered the singer.

On 3 October 2026 T24 and Sözcü reported a social media post in which Tilbe said the singer was very tired of people adding the singer's images to videos and photos using AI and asked followers to stop sending such videos. Sözcü says edited videos and photos that do not reflect reality, prepared by the singer's followers, were often sent to the singer's message inbox. The reports describe no particular video, and none says that a video was used for fraud or advertising.

Reported harm

Tilbe says the singer is very weary of people adding the singer's images to videos and photos using AI, is fed up and wants no more such videos sent (post quoted by T24 and Sözcü), finds AI frightening (interview relayed by T24 and Posta) and is bothered by AI videos that use the singer's face (Yeni Asır).

Outcome

Unknown

Tilbe objected publicly in an interview reported on 10 May 2026, in remarks to reporters reported on 24 June 2026 and in a social media post reported on 3 October 2026. No complaint, lawsuit or platform action is reported.

What remains unknown

  • Who makes the videos and photos, beyond Sözcü's description of them as prepared by the singer's followers, and with which tools.
  • What particular videos show, beyond Tilbe's description of being made to talk with people the singer does not know.
  • On which platforms and sites the material appears.
  • When the first such video appeared.
  • Whether Tilbe has taken or plans any legal step.

What the evidence supports

AI involvement: reported. Tilbe says people add the singer's images to videos and photos using AI (T24; Sözcü) and that sites show Tilbe talking with strangers (T24, May 2026). The AI attribution is the singer's own; no video was inspected and no tool is named. The material depicts Tilbe (depicted_or_impersonated).

4 claims: 4 reported. What the statuses mean

Reported In a social media post reported on 3 October 2026, Tilbe said the singer was very tired of people adding the singer's images to videos and photos using AI, was fed up, and asked not to be sent such videos any more.

Causal attribution. Tilbe's own words as quoted by both outlets; the post was not read directly.

  • t24.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    'İnsanların videolara ve fotoğraflara yapay zekâ kullanarak benim görsellerimi eklemelerinden çok usandım. Yapay zekânızdan bıktım. Artık bana bu tarz videolar göndermeyin'
  • sozcu.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    'İnsanların videolara ve fotoğraflara yapay zeka kullanarak benim görsellerimi eklemelerinden çok usandım. Yapay zekanızdan bıktım. Artık bana bu tarz videolar göndermeyin.'
Reported T24 reports that the videos and photos were prepared without the singer's permission and were sent to Tilbe frequently during the day; Sözcü says edited videos and photos that do not reflect reality, prepared by the singer's followers, were often sent to the singer's message inbox.

Causal attribution. The outlets' description of the post and its background; no video was inspected.

  • t24.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    'Kendisinden izinsiz hazırlanan video ve fotoğrafların gün içinde sık sık gönderilmesinden rahatsız olan Tilbe, takipçilerine seslendi.'
  • sozcu.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    'Takipçileri tarafından hazırlanan montajlı videolar ve gerçeği yansıtmayan fotoğrafların sık sık mesaj kutusuna gönderilmesi, sanatçının sabrını taşırdı.'
Reported In remarks reported on 10 May 2026, Tilbe said AI was frightening and that some internet sites showed Tilbe talking with people the singer did not know at all.

Causal attribution. Tilbe's own words from one interview, relayed by both outlets.

  • t24.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    'Yapay zekayı korkunç buluyorum. İnternette bazı sitelerde hiç tanımadığım insanlarla beni konuşturduklarını görüyorum. Sanatta faydalı olabilir ama kötü kullanılırsa çok tehlikeli olabilir.'
  • posta.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    'Son dönemde dijital platformlarda yapay zeka kullanılarak sahte videolarının yapıldığını söyleyen Tilbe, bu durumdan dert yandı.'
Reported Yeni Asır reported on 24 June 2026 that Tilbe said the AI videos using the singer's face bothered the singer.

Causal attribution. Indirect speech in a short magazine report.

  • yeniasir.com.tr(opens in new tab) supports · Turkish
    'Yüzünün kullanıldığı yapay zeka videolarının kendisine rahatsızlık verdiğini ifade eden ünlü isim'

Sources

5 sources inspected, from 1 underlying account. Sources that repeat one account do not corroborate each other.

How the sources were read, and where the events happened

Turkish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Turkish. English assertions and quotations are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. T24, 3 October 2026; quotes the social media post, which was not read directly. Applies to s1.

Turkish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Turkish. English assertions and quotations are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. Sözcü, 3 October 2026; quotes the same post. Applies to s2.

Turkish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Turkish. English assertions and quotations are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. T24, 10 May 2026; carries the same quotation as Posta, which credits the newspaper Günaydın. Applies to s3.

Turkish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Turkish. English assertions and quotations are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. Posta, 10 May 2026; credits the newspaper Günaydın for the same remarks. Applies to s4.

Turkish-language body read in the original on 2026-10-05 by the research agent (an AI). Passages are quoted verbatim in Turkish. English assertions and quotations are the agent's own translation and no human translator reviewed them. Yeni Asır, 24 June 2026; a short report of remarks to magazine reporters. Applies to s5.

Event countries: Unknown. Affected-person countries: Unknown. Court countries: Unknown.

The bodies describe social media and unnamed websites and do not state where the videos were made or shown or where Tilbe lives. No country is inferred from the language or the outlets.

Reviewed for publication 2026-10-05: Published under the 2026-09-15 charter as a core case at low severity: a named public figure describes, on three occasions in 2026, AI-made videos and photos that use the singer's image without permission and says the singer is weary of them and fed up. Every claim rests on Tilbe's own statements as relayed by Turkish outlets and stays reported. No fraud, sexual content or legal step is reported, and the public text says so.

People described

Yıldız Tilbe, singer (public figure speaking publicly about the use of the singer's own image)

People reported harmed in this case

1 person

0 AI participants · 1 other person harmed

One person, Yıldız Tilbe, who describes the videos and photos made with the singer's image (T24; Sözcü; Posta; Yeni Asır). Exact 1.

Counted once within this case. The same person may appear in other cases. This count does not establish AI causation.

Tags

#deepfakes#celebrity-deepfake#likeness-without-consent#singer#turkish-language

Cite this case

Compiled per our published methodology: verification statuses, sourcing standards, and corrections process.

APA

NOPE. (2026). Singer Yıldız Tilbe objects publicly in May, June and October 2026 to AI-made videos and photos that use the singer's image without permission, including material that, in Tilbe's words, makes the singer talk with people the singer does not know. AI incidents. https://nope.net/incidents/2026-singer-yildiz-tilbe-unauthorised-ai-videos-photos-public-objections

BibTeX

@misc{2026_singer_yildiz_tilbe_unauthorised_ai_videos_photos_public_objections,
  title = {Singer Yıldız Tilbe objects publicly in May, June and October 2026 to AI-made videos and photos that use the singer's image without permission, including material that, in Tilbe's words, makes the singer talk with people the singer does not know},
  author = {NOPE},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {AI incidents},
  url = {https://nope.net/incidents/2026-singer-yildiz-tilbe-unauthorised-ai-videos-photos-public-objections}
}

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