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Turkey with Simon Reeve (2017)
Basically an Advertisement Funded by the Turkish Ministry of Tourism
Erdoğan is portrayed as an internationally misunderstood yet nationally loved leader, the rise of fundamentalism in Turkey is presented in the disguise of harmless piety , and some beautiful shots from the Turkish landscape with orientalist background music... This is an advertisement. This is not Turkey, this not the Turkish reality. Erdoğan is not the hero of the poor, actually he is the enabler of the extravagant rich like Ağaoğlu. Erdoğan's government is not the pinnacle of humanitarianism, actually Syrian refugees are nothing but a leverage for the Turkish government to be used against the west. Erdoğan is not a harmless , beloved leader who is just very protective of his country. There were no mentions of the hundreds of imprisoned journalists, fired academicians, the economic crisis, the increasing violence against women and LGBTQ people. It was a terrible terrible production, distorting the reality and the history of the Turkey. I am truly amazed why BBC agreed to be a part of this. Do not recommend.