Turkey’s radio and tv regulatory physique RTUK has imposed a two-week ban on the favored TV sequence “Scarlet pimples” (Kizil Goncalar) as a result of it’s in opposition to “nationwide and religious values of society”, Reuters reported.
Ilhan Tascha, a board member of RTUK, which represents the primary opposition, wrote on the X social community (previously Twitter) that the regulatory physique additionally imposed a 3 % administrative nice on Fox TV, which is owned by the Walt Disney Co. (Walt Disney Co.).
The sequence Scarlet Buds, which highlights the divide between non secular and secular sections of society, confronted backlash after it aired on December 18, though the primary two episodes topped the rankings charts and obtained greater than 10 million views on the YouTube video platform.
The RTUK has typically penalized exhibits for what it considers violations of Turkey’s ethical values, the household construction, or different points it deems unethical, together with LGBT rights.
Critics of the regulatory physique and opposition events have beforehand criticized RTUK for proscribing freedoms.
The producer of the sequence, Faruk Turgut, stated that the sequence displays the sociological actuality in Turkey and depicts the conflict between the secular and spiritual sections of society.
“I’m attempting to carry a mirror to the truth of Turkish society. The truth have to be mentioned, we can not transfer ahead if we ignore it,” stated Turgut, as quoted by Hürriyet. “They’ve declared battle on us, however we are going to struggle to the tip”.
Ebubekir Şahin, the director of RTUK and a member of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Improvement Occasion, wrote on social media platform X that outraged viewers had known as for the sequence to be stopped, and ads for the sequence had been vandalized on billboards in Istanbul. with black paint.
Professional-government media accused the sequence of Islamophobia and known as for the cancellation of location permits for future episodes.
The Ismailaga Brotherhood, a outstanding non secular sect in Turkey, sharply criticized the sequence.
“Productions in fashionable media that concentrate on our faith and pious individuals, aiming to dishonor the identify of Allah, our holy ebook the Qur’an and religious establishments comparable to sects and orders, are completely unacceptable,” the sect wrote in X.
Tashche identified that “RTUK bows all the way down to cults and sects”.