A former-supermodel-turned-parliamentary candidate is under investigation for allegedly throttling a bus driver in a row over luggage . Turkish model Tugba Ozay , 37 , had flown to the city of Antalya in south-western Turkey where she went to get an airline coach to transfer to a resort two hours away . But the trip was disrupted when she and the bus driver broke out in a heated row over where she could put her luggage . A Turkish bus driver claims former supermodel Tugba Ozay ( pictured ) throttled him during an argument . Bus driver Halil Kizliyer said he attempted to put her bags in the undercarriage like everyone else 's when the row broke out . Driver Halil Kizilyer , 28 , said : ' I went to put her bags in the undercarriage holdall like everyone else 's and she started getting angry saying she wanted to keep it on her . ' I explained that she had too many bags and they would n't fit on the coach and she went ballistic . 'She grabbed me by the throat and started squeezing my neck and screaming that she was going to have me fired . ' Passenger Ahmet Buze , 27 , said : ' I of course recognised her straight-away as she 's very famous . 'But she seemed to think that she was entitled to special privileges and when she attacked the driver I was completely shocked . ' I took out my phone and began videoing it but then one of her security people or whoever he was came over and made me delete it . ' Ozay , who was the highest paid model in Turkey at the height of her career , is now running for parliament with the centre-left Republican People 's Party ( CHP ) . When questioned by local media over the incident , she said : 'The matter is not important . We have also filed a complaint against him . ' A police spokesman said : 'We are aware of the allegations and we are looking into what happened . ' After explaining to her she had too many bags to take on the bus , she went 'ballistic ' , he claimed . Ozay , who was the highest paid model in Turkey at the height of her career , is now running for parliament with the centre-left Republican People 's Party ( CHP ) When questioned by local media over the incident , she said : 'The matter is not important . We have also filed a complaint against him '
Former supermodel being investigated after alleged row with bus driver . Tugba Ozay alleged to have grabbed man by the throat during argument . He said : 'She grabbed me by the throat and started squeezing my neck ' She was travelling to a resort on a coach when the incident occurred . Ozay later said the matter was 'not important ' and she has filed complaint .