AZERBAIJANI FILM MARKET CLOSED FOR TURKISH SOAP OPERAS BECAUSE OF ARMENIAN CAUSE: TURKISH FILMMAKER

Tert.am
14:03 26.01.10

It’s been one-and-a-half years that the Azerbaijani film market has
been closed for Turkish soap operas because of the Armenian Cause,
said Turkish film director and screenwriter Fırat Gulgen, reports
Turkish daily Milliyet.

"At this moment there is a unofficial ruling not to air
Turkish-language soap operas. That problem is not yet resolved,"
Gulgen said, emphasizing that, in this matter, they need the
government’s support.

According to Gulgen, they are in a serious conflict with Russia over
soap operas. The Turkish film director said that Russia wants to put
its soap operas in first place in order to increase its political
influence on Turkey.