Tag: cinema

Turkish TV series on the 16th-century Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent conquers Arab world and Balkans. From the Arab world to the Balkans, the story of the sultan’s harem and ...

Producers and actors of Turkey’s popular TV dramas were presented with plaques at a ceremony due to their great contributions to Turish tourism. The producers and actors of Turkish TV ...

A historical-comedy TV series featuring “vicious” Anatolian Greek(Rum) characters during the Turkish Independence War (1918-1923) has irked Turkey’s Greek community, prompting the group to formally complain to Turkey’s media watchdog. “Ustura Kemal” (Razor ...

Actresses Natalie Portman and Kristen Stewart are Hollywood’s most bankable stars and provide studios with the highest average returns for their films, according to Forbes.com. Academy award winner Portman topped ...

A piano used in the classic film “Casablanca” sold for just over $600,000 on Dec 14, falling far short of predictions that it could fetch $1 million or more. The ...

Even the country's prime minister thinks the show maligns Suleiman the Magnificent, and it could lead to a law banning misrepresentation of historical figures. Age: He was born in 1494 and ...

Celebrating global Human Rights Day, the Hürriyet Daily News takes a look at human rights violations in recent history with a brief journey through Turkish cinema. Hunger strikes, political prisoners, ...

A documentary on Mount Nemrut, prepared by the Adıyaman Provincial Tourism Directorate to promote the southern province of Adıyaman, was shown at a gala event on Dec. 4 atAdıyaman University. The documentary, titled ...

A tourism professional in the Central Anatolian province of Konya has lodged a complaint at the local prosecutor's office about the TV series “The Magnificent Century” (Muhteşem Yüzyıl), claiming that ...

Renowned Turkish director Ferzan Özpetek, who has become one of the most successful figures in Italian cinema, is preparing to stage famous Italian composer Guizeppe Verdi’s opera “La Traviata” in ...