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Ayrılık
''Ayrılık: Aşkta ve Savaşta Filistin'' (literally Separation: Palestine at Love and War), known in English as Farewell, is a prime time Turkish television series aired on state broadcaster TRT. The series started on 13 October 2009. The concept consultant of the series is columnist Hakan Albayrak in daily Yeni Şafak who had also been on the board of MV Mavi Marmara during the Gaza flotilla raid, while its script consultant is the trade union leader Yaşar Seyman who is a columnist of the left-wing daily BirGün. Controversy The contents of ''Ayrılık'' reportedly stirred up controversy and protests among both Israelis and Palestinians for its portrayal of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Among Israelis ''Ayrılık'' is described as depicting IDF soldiers killing newborn children in cold blood and snatching babies. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Television Series
Turkish drama () is a type of television series in the Turkish language made in Turkey. These dramas reflect Turkish culture and considered by some to be the country's most well-known economic and cultural exports. It has seen significant growth since the 2000s, and had surpassed Mexico and Brazil as the second-largest exporter of television series after the United States by the mid-2010s. The television industry has played a crucial role in increasing Turkey's popularity in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North Africa. Turkish series are chiefly produced in Istanbul, following the liberalization of private television in Turkey in the 1990s. Turkish television channels producing dramas include TRT, Kanal D, Show TV, Star TV, ATV, Now, TV8, and Kanal 7. The Turkish television series market is characterized by intense local competition; out of the 60 series produced annually in the country, almost 50% do not run for longer than 13 episodes due to the strong competition among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahra's Blue Eyes
''Zahra's Blue Eyes'' (), also titled ''For You, Palestine'', is a Syrian-Iranian television series which premiered in 2004 on Sahar 1. It was created by Ali Derakhshi, a former official of the Iranian Education Ministry. Set in the West Bank, the plot of the series mostly centers around Israeli military and civilians conspiring to steal the eyes of Palestinian children. It was made in Persian but also dubbed into Arabic for further broadcast. In 2006, it was also shown in Turkish in Germany on Milli Görüs’ TV5. In February 2005, the French Broadcasting Authority ordered the French satellite provider Eutelsat to stop transmitting broadcasts from the Iranian satellite TV channel Sahar 1 because of its broadcast of the series. It was distributed as four VCDs by Vakit, a newspaper in Turkey. In 2017, it was televised on Akit TV, a satellite channel in Turkey. Plot The series depicts Israeli doctors harvesting organs from Palestinian children, and it focuses on the campaign of fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel–Turkey Relations
The State of Israel and the Republic of Turkey formally established diplomatic relations in March 1949.Abadi, pg. 6 Less than a year after the Israeli Declaration of Independence, Turkey recognized Israeli sovereignty, making it the world's first Muslim-majority country to do so. Both countries gave high priority to bilateral cooperation in the areas of diplomacy and military/strategic ties, while sharing concerns with respect to the regional instabilities in the Middle East. In recent decades, particularly under Turkey's Erdoğan administration, the two countries' relationship with each other has deteriorated considerably. However, diplomatic ties were reinstated after a normalization initiative in mid-2022. Relations soured again after the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, with Turkey condemning Israel and backing Hamas. On 13 November 2024, Erdoğan announced that Turkey was severing all its diplomatic relations with Israel due to Israel's reluctance to end the Gaza war. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the Epic poetry, epic and the Lyric poetry, lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'' ()—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Ancient Greek, Greek word meaning "deed" or "Action (philosophy), act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional Genre, generic division between Comedy (drama), comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''Play (theatre), play'' or ''game'' (translating the Old English, Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avigdor Lieberman
Avigdor Lieberman (, ; born 5 June 1958) is a Soviet-born Israeli politician who served as Ministry of Finance (Israel), Minister of Finance between 2021 and 2022, having previously served twice as Deputy Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2008 and 2009 to 2012. Born and raised in Soviet Moldova, Lieberman 1970s Soviet Union aliyah, immigrated to Israel with his family in 1978. He entered the Knesset in 1999, and has served in numerous roles in the Israeli government, government, including as National Infrastructure Minister of Israel, Minister of National Infrastructure, Transportation Minister of Israel, Minister of Transportation, and Strategic Affairs Minister of Israel, Minister of Strategic Affairs. He served as Deputy leaders of Israel#Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister under Prime Ministers Ehud Olmert and Benjamin Netanyahu. He served under Netanyahu as Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2012 and 2013 to 2015 and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NTV (Turkey)
NTV is a Turkish free-to-air nationwide television news channel owned by Doğuş Media Group. It was partnered with MSNBC between May 2000 and 2014. Besides domestic and international news, the channel's programming includes documentaries, as well as programs on finance, arts and culture, lifestyle, and sports. History NTV was founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of Cavit Çağlar's Nergis Group (hence the original full name of Nergis TV) and as the first news channel of Turkey. In January 1999, the channel became part of Doğuş Media Group. The success of NTV changed the Turkish media industry and started the era of thematic TV channels. In June 2013, NTV's lack of coverage on the Gezi Park protests saw protests in front of its head office in Istanbul, and the resignation of some NTV staff in protest. The CEO of Doğuş Group in Ferit Şahenk, conceded that the criticisms were "fair to a large extent", and that "our audience feels like they were betrayed". Shortly after h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palestinian People
Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous population, descended from Jews, other Semitic groups, and non-Semitic groups such as the Philistines, had been mostly Christianized. Over succeeding centuries it was Islamicized, and Arabic replaced Aramaic (a Semitic tongue closely related to Hebrew) as the dominant language" * : "Palestinians are the descendants of all the indigenous peoples who lived in Palestine over the centuries; since the seventh century, they have been predominantly Muslim in religion and almost completely Arab in language and culture." * : "Furthermore, Zionism itself was also defined by its opposition to the indigenous Palestinian inhabitants of the region. Both the 'conquest of land' and the 'conquest of labor' slogans that became central to the dominant strain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma'an News Agency
Ma'an News Agency (MNA; ) is a large wire service created in 2005 in the Palestinian territories. It is part of the Ma'an Network, a non-governmental organization media network created in 2002 in the Palestinian territories among independent journalists throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It has partnerships with eight local television stations and twelve local radio stations. Ma'an News Agency publishes news 24 hours a day in Arabic, Hebrew and English, and claims to be one of the largest wire services in the Palestinian territories, with over three million visits per month. Ma'an News Agency also publishes feature stories, analysis and opinion articles. The agency's headquarters are based in Bethlehem and it has an office in Gaza. History The Ma'an Network was launched in 2002 as a partnership between Bethlehem TV and local Palestinian media organizations. The name ''Ma'an'' is the Arabic word for "together". The group is run by Raed Othman, the former manager of Bethleh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MBC 4
MBC 4 is a television channel in the Middle East. It was launched on 1 February 2005 at 5:00 P.M. (GMT) and is owned by the Middle East Broadcasting Center. MBC 4 airs international programmes with Arabic language subtitles. Its programming is targeted towards women. History MBC 4 was a spin-off of MBC 2 that began airing on 1 February 2005. Originally intended to provide Western news and entertainment to liberal adults, MBC 4 later transitioned to concentrate on women viewers. Programming on MBC 4 is supported by advertising. Its tagline is "So You can Watch What They Watch". Programming MBC 4 airs series and talk shows from the United States, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Australia, subtitled in Arabic. Kissing or intimate scenes are typically edited out of programs from other countries. Some programmes that have aired on MBC4 include ''3rd Rock from the Sun'', ''Seinfeld'', ''The Early Show'', ''Jeopardy!'', ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''America's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubai One
Dubai One (formerly known as Ch33 and then One TV) is an Emirati English language entertainment television channel, owned by Dubai Media Incorporated. It was launched on 14 May 1994, and is currently managed by Sarah al Jarman. It airs a mix of locally produced and international syndicated content that caters English language and non-Arab viewers in the MENA region. It started broadcasting in HD on Nilesat 201 on 28 February 2019. Background Dubai One broadcasts subtitled Western content targeting Arabs and expatriates living in Dubai and around the Arab world. While most of the production is centralized at DMI's own studios, the channel has its own management, team, structure and strategy. The flow of advertising for it is controlled by Choueiri Group, through its subsidiary MEMS. History The channel was launched as a replacement for Channel 33. One TV launched at 9 am on 24 December 2004, bearing a new name with brand new programming targeting the expat co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MBC Action
MBC Action (stylized as ''MBC''''ACTION'') is a free-to-air television channel that targets young Arabic males. It delivers Western series, movies, including sports and anime and action movies and television programs and films from action genre. Subtitled in Arabic language, the channel is a part of the Middle Eastern media company MBC Group. It is intended to aim mainly at male audiences, unlike its sister channel MBC 4 which is aimed at female audiences. It delivers Western series, movies, dramas, thrillers, and action reality shows as well as Japanese anime and sports programs. The channel is a weekly "magazine" format show about cars, similar to Top Gear, which also broadcasts the British and American versions of the BBC's Top Gear. It was launched on 5 March 2007 with the Pilot episode of the TV series '' Lost'' which, along with ''Prison Break'' and ''The 4400'', is one of MBC Action's biggest coups. It will also show new episodes of other shows like '' 24'', ''Pimp My Ride' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MBC 4 (Middle East)
MBC 4 is a television channel in the Middle East. It was launched on 1 February 2005 at 5:00 P.M. (GMT) and is owned by the Middle East Broadcasting Center. MBC 4 airs international programmes with Arabic language subtitles. Its programming is targeted towards women. History MBC 4 was a spin-off of MBC 2 that began airing on 1 February 2005. Originally intended to provide Western news and entertainment to liberal adults, MBC 4 later transitioned to concentrate on women viewers. Programming on MBC 4 is supported by advertising. Its tagline is "So You can Watch What They Watch". Programming MBC 4 airs series and talk shows from the United States, Turkey, United Kingdom, and Australia, subtitled in Arabic. Kissing or intimate scenes are typically edited out of programs from other countries. Some programmes that have aired on MBC4 include ''3rd Rock from the Sun'', ''Seinfeld'', ''The Early Show'', ''Jeopardy!'', ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''America' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
