Mark Buddle’s wife Mel Ter Wisscha reveals heartbreak at arrest
Comanchero bikie Mark Buddle’s wife Mel Ter Wisscha doesn’t want anyone to be fooled by her posing in hot pink bikini as her husband awaits his fate in a Turkish prison. She says she is devastated.
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The wife of Comanchero bikie Mark Buddle has spoken out for the first time after her husband’s shock arrest on the weekend.
Posing in a pink bikini on a beach in the resort city of Bodrum in Turkey, Mel Ter Wisscha has revealed her emotions after Buddle was grabbed in a secret police raid from their base in Northern Cyprus on Saturday.
Her post to social media revealed that despite her seemingly glamorous lifestyle, she is struggling.
“Trying to stay positive, better days are on their way. As much as I want to hide away, i (sic) have to fake that smile. I have to show up for my kids,” Ter Wisscha wrote.
“He would not want it any different, his kids are his world. I may be posting like I am having the time of my life but I am not. This is social media.”
Buddle was grabbed in a secret mission by Turkish authorities on the weekend and flown to Ankara, the capital of Turkey.
Buddle was arrested on Saturday on the Turkish controlled northern region of Cyprus which is a self-declared Turkish state which occupies the northern third of the island.
The rest of the island, which is divided by a UN Buffer Zone also known as The Green Line, belongs to Greece.
Turkish Republic of North Cyprus authorities said Buddle snuck onto the Mediterranean island using a tourist visa about a year ago.
Sources in Cyprus said he had extended it twice in the past six months promising that he will invest the area.
But controversy is swirling around the way he was given permission and allowed to stay.
Turkish Cypriot journalists and politicians are questioning whether he had promised to pay significant amounts of money to guarantee being allowed to stay safely in the territory.
Buddle has been locked up under a temporary order, and his case is before the Justice Ministry.
While Buddle remains locked up in a high security jail in Ankara, friends have rallied around the pair sending messages of support.
In response to Mel’s post overnight from Bodrum her friends responded with messages of love and support.
“Sending our love,” said a number of them, while another posted “Sending lots of love to you all”.
Another friend had some words of wisdom.
“Be strong Mel for ur (sic) beautiful girls who need U more than ever atm & let’s hope for a better outcome!”
“Love you babe! you are a strong women! Sending hugs and kisses to you all miss you all so much.”
Another has offered Mel to spend a few weeks holidaying with her in Europe.
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