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A municipality in southern Turkey canceled a 60-year-old film festival on Friday following controversy over the removal of a documentary depicting the plight of victims of Turkey’s post-coup purges. Antalya Mayor Mukhitin Becek said: “We regret to inform movie fans that due to events beyond our control, this year’s Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, scheduled to run from October 7th to 14th, will be cancelled. We would like to inform you that it has been cancelled,” he said in a post to X. Last week, the festival’s organizing committee decided to remove the documentary “Kanun Hukmü” (With the Force of…
Turkey’s Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival has been cancelled a week before its 60th edition due to intense political pressure over the planned screening of the documentary “The Decree.” The film was scheduled to be entered in the festival’s national documentary film competition, but was removed from the lineup last week following government pressure on the event’s main organizer, Antalya Metropolitan Region. Directed by Nejla Demirci, Decree depicts the plight of victims after the Turkish government carried out a large-scale purge of state institutions following a 2016 coup attempt. The documentary, locally titled Kanun Hükmü, centers on a doctor and…
According to Statista data, the number of international tourists who traveled around the world last year reached almost 1 billion. Of course, this is not much compared to the more than 1.4 billion before the pandemic, but tourism is gradually recovering, which is great. Nowadays, if you have the money and the will, you can literally go anywhere in the world, the only problem is choosing a place.This is where various services such as TripAdvisor, Booking or Google Maps come to the rescue with their reviews and rankings. On these services, almost every tourist destination has its own rating. Some…
Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) has changed the way the country interacts with the rest of the world. In many ways, this has served as a catalyst to deepen bilateral relations with Turkey, especially trade and economic cooperation with Ankara. The UK recognizes Turkey as a market of interest and an essential partner as it seeks new opportunities to diversify its trading relationship post-Brexit. Most recently, following the re-election of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in May, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tweeted: write he”[looks] “We look forward to continuing the strong partnership between the UK and Turkey,…
Turkish clinic found to have run misleading ads on Facebook (Photo: Getty)Three Turkish cosmetic surgery clinics have been banned from advertising on Facebook after being slammed by an advertising watchdog. Getting cosmetic surgery abroad has become big business, especially in Turkey, with many clinics offering all sorts of discounts to lure people in.However, following an investigation by the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), many of the adverts have been criticised for downplaying the essential aspects of the advertising process and providing misleading information to potential customers.One advert for ClinicHaus Health promised “one of the world’s most successful doctors” and a…
The South Caucasus has long been a theatre of Turkish and Iranian cooperation and rivalry. While these two regional powers have historically balanced their interests, there are signs that rivalry is taking precedence. Turkey’s unwavering backing of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Karabakh War consolidated Ankara’s footprint in the region. Azerbaijan’s retaking of the rest of Karabakh in the latest military strikes on 19 September 2023 makes a peace accord between Azerbaijan and Armenia more likely, furthering Turkey’s interests, and potentially limiting Russia’s role in the region. However, the prospect of a “less Russia, more Turkey” dynamic heightens Tehran’s apprehensions towards Ankara. Particularly concerning…
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These ads, all of which were displayed on Facebook, were deemed by regulators to be irresponsible and to “trivialize” cosmetic surgery abroad. The announcement comes amid concerns that the public is not sufficiently aware of the risks associated with surgery overseas. Wednesday 27 September 2023 13:14, United Kingdom Advertisements promoting surgeries at three Turkish beauty clinics have been banned in the UK for “trivializing” the decision to go under the knife abroad. These ads, all paid for on Facebook and identified in May, were accused of making irresponsible claims or omitting misleading information about the need for pre-medical consultation. It…
One consequence of the Turkish elections last May in which Recep Tayyip Erdoğan emerged triumphant is that it is likely to accelerate the exodus of young people and educated professionals. The trends already have been apparent in recent years, and they are spurred by more than just collapsing living standards, deteriorating public services (especially education), and the erosion of meritocracy. It is now increasingly driven by a loss of hope of having any say over the country’s future. The late economist Albert Hirschman’s seminal work Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States (1970) suggests three…
TEHRAN—A total of 280,951 Iranian nationals visited Turkey in October, making the Islamic Republic the fourth most visited tourist destination for the neighboring country in the month.The number of international tourists exceeded 6.66 million in August, an increase of 5.65% from the same month last year, according to data compiled by Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Friday. According to the data, 871,270 Germans accounted for 13.1% of all foreign tourists in August, an increase of 1.52% year-on-year. The data revealed that Russians followed with 852,640 visitors, followed by British nationals with 588,448, Iranians with 280,951 and Polish visitors…