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“Record number of complaints filed against TV show” – Today’s Zaman

“A new TV series has drawn over 90 percent of the complaints Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) received since its trailers began to be aired.

RTÜK received 64,000 complaints in nine months last year while viewers filed 75,000 complaints in 25 days against the controversial TV show “Muhteşem Yüzyıl” (A Magnificent Century), the Anatolia news agency reported.

The series about the famous Ottoman Sultan Süleiman the Magnificent, also known as Kanuni Sultan Süleyman (Süleiman the Lawmaker), continues to draw criticism for the way the series depicts the empire and the life of the sultan. The repeated scenes of the sultan with women in the harem and historical inaccuracies have resulted in many people calling on RTÜK to ban the series. Trailers for the series, broadcast by Show TV, began to be aired on Dec. 11. From that date until Jan. 6, 93 percent of all complaints filed with the RTÜK concerned “Muhteşem Yüzyıl.” A total of 80,681 complaints were submitted to the council during these 25 days. Among the sum of the complaints, 38,096 of them were submitted after the show was aired on Jan. 5.(…)”

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“Magnificent century?” – Today’s Zaman

“General elections are approaching, some inmates have been released from prison after a law came into effect recently, university students are unhappy and the outsourcing of the workforce is increasing rapidly; but nowadays, Turkish society has another hot topic to discuss — a new TV series, “Muhteşem Yüzyıl” (Magnificent Century).

This series is about Suleiman the Magnificent, one of the most renowned Ottoman sultans. While the first episode was only broadcast on TV this week, heated discussions about it cannot be described as magnificent, but amazing.

Complaints started up well before its premiere was aired. The TV channel broadcast teasers for the series, which caused many viewers to rush to the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) to file complaints. Some viewers took exception to the way the series depicts the private life of Suleiman the Magnificent and his harem, which they say is unacceptable. (…)”

By AYŞE KARABAT

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“New TV series criticized for depiction of sultan’s life, empire” – Today’s Zaman

“A new TV series about famous Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, also known as Kanuni Sultan Süleyman (Süleyman the Lawmaker), has sparked severe criticism for the way that the series depicts the empire and the life of the sultan.

Academic and historian Beyazıt Akman called the show “Muhteşem Yüzyıl” (Magnificent Century) a setback for a public that has only just begun to make peace with its history in recent years.

“An episode begins with the sword and continues with slaves who are treated like animals and ends with naked cariye women [concubines] and has all the clichés of the ‘Barbarian Turks’ concept,” he told the Cihan news agency. Akman also emphasized that the sultan depicted in the series is in no way reflective of Kanuni Sultan Süleyman.(…)”

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“Diziler yanlı da sağcılar çok mu temiz?” – Sol

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“Zaman gazetesi, bazı sağcı kişilikleri konuşturarak televizyon dizilerinde sağcıların kötü gösterilmesinden yakınmış. Oysa mesele bir kampın diğerine karşı daha güçlü propaganda yapması değil. Dönemin sağcı hareketleri, ne kadar inkâr ederlerse etsinler, zaten kötülerdi.

İslamcıların ve ülkücülerin televizyon dizileri üzerinden tarihlerine ilişkin gerçekleri inkâr çabaları aralıksız sürüyor. Özellikle “Öyle Bir Geçer zaman ki” dizisi yayınlanmaya başladıktan sonra, daha önce yayınlanmış “Çemberimde Gül Oya”, “Hatırla Sevgili” ve “Bu Kalp Seni Unutur mu” gibi yakın dönemin siyasal olaylarını da işleyen diziler de gündeme getirilerek, bir protesto kampanyası yürütülüyor. Dizi setlerine ve yayıncı kanal binalarına “toplu ziyaret”ler, basın açıklamaları, etkileri altındaki köşe yazarları, televizyon eleştirmenleri, hep aynı itirazı dile getiriyor: Bu diziler gerçekleri çarpıtıyor, solcuları iyi ülkücüleri kötü gösteriyor, tarihi tek yanlı aktarıyor, ülkücüleri Amerikancı olarak konumluyor ve şiddet uyguladıkları iftirası atıyor.” […]

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“Two TV series warned over sexual scenes” – Today’s Zaman

“The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) issued warnings to two TV series because of sexual scenes yesterday.

The RTÜK’s warnings were for the series “Fatmagül’ün Suçu Ne?” (What is Fatmagül’s Offense?) and “Kılıç Günü” (Sword Day), the first episodes of which were broadcast by TV channels Kanal D and ATV last week. Complaints rained down on the RTÜK due to the rape scenes in both series. Out of the 4,272 complaints from viewers between Sept. 16 and Sept. 21, 68 percent (2,920) were for “Fatmagül’ün Suçu Ne?” and 11 percent (455) were for “Kılıç Günü.”(…)”

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“State-owned TRT channels withdraw from rating system” – Today’s Zaman

“The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) announced yesterday that its channels will no longer be included in audience measurements provided by AGB Nielsen Media Research, which has been conducting TV audience research in Turkey since 1989.

TRT officials said in a written statement that the Television Audience Research Commission (TİAK), the joint industry committee responsible for awarding the contract for managing Turkey’s TV audience measurement system, has violated competition regulations.(…)”

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