Borat beat the battle at the box office, earning $26.5 million in its opening weekend.

Now the movie’s star, Sacha Baron Cohen, is going to face a different kind of battle.

Mahir Cagri 44, a Turkish internet celebrity, is positive that he was the inspiration for “Borat.”

He’s so convinced that he’s travelling to London seeking an apology and a wants to get paid in lieu of the movie’s success.

Cagri, in broken English proclaims, “I am not saying this–the world is. I have received so many e-mails from people in the United States who tell me he is imitating me.”

Cagri gained his internet popularity after posting comical pictures of himself on his self-created website in 1999.

Borat was first created for “Da Ali G Show” on HBO. In an archival track from the show, Cohen says Borat’s character was influenced by someone he met in southern Russia.






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