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  • Poster advertising the Turkish television series "Red Buds"
    Turkey

    "Red Buds" – a TV series divides the country

    The Turkish media authority has imposed a two-week broadcasting ban and fine on the series "Red Buds", in which religious and liberal worlds collide. The series is apparently too close to the bone

  • In the presidential and parliamentary elections coming up on 14 May, one in five eligible voters will be under the age of 30. What does Generation Z want, and will it end up deciding the elections?
    Turkish elections

    Can Turkey's Gen Z tip the scales?

    In Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections on 14 May, one in five eligible voters will be under the age of 30. What does Generation Z want, and will it end up deciding the elections? By Ceyda Nurtsch

  • Other high-profile film festivals would be hard pushed to match the intensity with which cinematic art and everyday realities are discussed at the Istanbul Film Festival.
    Istanbul's 42nd Film Festival

    Between two quakes

    Other high-profile film festivals would be hard pushed to match the intensity with which cinematic art collides with reality at the Istanbul Film Festival. Stefan Weidner attended for Qantara.de

  • . In his latest work "Liebe, D-Mark und Tod" (Love, D-Mark and Death), film director Cem Kaya turns his attentions to the musical culture of Turkish migrants in Germany.
    Cem Kaya on Turkish pop culture

    As multi-faceted as Asia Minor

    Known for his documentary films about Turkish pop culture, German-born director Cem Kaya's latest work "Liebe, D-Mark und Tod" (Love, Deutschmarks and Death) focuses on the musical culture of Turkish migrants in Germany. He talks to Schayan Riaz about his creative processes, German-Turkish relations and of course, about the music

  • Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan during a speech on an earlier anniversary of the coup attempt in Turkey in 2016.
    Turkey five years after the attempted coup

    "Witch hunt" focuses on Turkish artists and intellectuals

    Artists and intellectuals in Turkey are coming under massive pressure. Since the attempted coup against Erdogan by parts of the military in 2016, the government has intensified its crackdown on critical voices. Now the coronavirus pandemic is proving the final nail in the coffin. Ceyda Nurtsch reports

  • Scene from "Fatma's Revenge".
    Hit streaming series "Fatma's Revenge"

    Netflix takes on the Turkish macho

    Since the end of April, a Netflix series has been broadcast in Turkey about the cleaner Fatma, who searches for her missing husband in six episodes and ends up in a murderous odyssey. The series celebrates the woman as a hero who defends herself against humiliation, threats and sexual harassment, writes Jochen Menzel

  • Turkey's handle on soft power

    Hit TV series from Turkey conquer the Arab world

    Televised Turkish dramas are all the rage in the Middle East. A young Ottoman TV Empire has been expanding its soft power by harnessing regional dialects, Arabic names and viewers' desire for racy-yet-traditional plots. By Jennifer Holleis

  • Islamic popular culture

    A match for Bollywood – the rise of Turkey's dizis

    Turkey is the second-largest exporter of TV series in the world, boasting a growing presence on international screens from Pakistan to Chile. The "dizis" offer audiences an elaborately staged alternative to Hollywood and Bollywood. Marian Brehmer reports from Istanbul

  • Interview with Kurdish director Selim Yildiz

    When one dies, the next goes up into the mountains

    In his film “Dialogue“, Selim Yildiz addresses a social taboo which is a reality for many Kurds in Turkey: young men suddenly disappear and joined armed groups in the mountains. Interview by Semiran Kaya

  • German-Turkish film festival defies the odds

    Sending a message

    This year's Film Festival Turkey Germany has kicked off without any financial backing from Turkey. Ankara withdrew funding at the last minute from an event that it seems to perceive as far too critical. By Jochen Kurten

  • Turkish documentaries at Dok Leipzig 2016

    Resilience in the face of adversity

    The spotlight at the 59th Festival for Animation and Documentary Films in Leipzig was on Turkey. Numerous films and discussions showed how the cultural and film scene is coping with a country that is currently being torn apart by fierce social and political conflicts. By Madeleine Prahs

  • Portrait of the Turkish writer Emrah Serbes

    "Politics is made on the street by the people"

    The young author Emrah Serbes is regarded as the "enfant terrible" of Turkish literature. Not only is he one of the most popular authors in Turkey: since the protests in Gezi Park last summer and his active participation in the resistance, many now seen him as the "writer and voice of the people". Ceyda Nurtsch met him at a reading in Berlin

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