Maria B draws ire for non-payment to Turkish influencer Turkan Atay

WEB DESK: Fashion designer Maria Butt who goes with the name Maria B has now been accused on social media by Turkish influencer Turkan Atay for allegedly not paying her the full amount for the shoots.

Maria B also posted a response on her Instagram story which has thus been removed now. Atay who has around 850,000 followers creates content in Urdu and has stated that she was approached by the designer’s team in 2025 to assist with a location shoot in Turkey. The agreement depended on the number of outfits and the charges were also per outfit.

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However after the project was completed earlier this year, Atay claimed that she had received partial payment adding that the brand was under the impression that payments were made per reel or video and not per outfit.

Atay did not mince words questioning Maria B’s integrity and adherence to ethics: “It has been three months, they have treated me unprofessionally and I will not be letting go of this.”

This is not the first time that Maria B has come under scrutiny rather last year a Turkish artist had also accused her for copying her work which was for the Palestinian line she planned on launching. Maria B responded by saying that it was and oversight due to the plethora of digital content around her.