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We will never approve showing Famagusta on Netflix, said a member of the National Assembly
On Wednesday, the MP and chairman of the Digital Media Committee of the Turkish National Assembly Hüseyin Yayman spoke of propaganda by the Greek side in the Famagusta series, regarding the Turkish invasion.
“We do not and will never approve of the series being shown on Netflix. It is one of the most subscribed platforms in Turkey. It is also in the top 10 in the world. We continue to hope that the sensitivities of our nation will be taken into account and there will be a solution,” he stressed.
The Turkish politician announced that when the parliament opens, they will invite Netflix's representative in Turkey to the committee ” and we will at least talk about how to follow a road map”.
In any case, Ankara's opinion on the series, which is scheduled to be broadcast on Netflix on September 20, is unequivocally negative. of a surreal series, disconnected from reality and directing it with a propaganda operation. Cyprus is Turkish and will remain Turkish,” he said.
Yayman called on the Turkish TV series and film industry to explain the case of Cyprus to the world, Europe and the Greek Cypriot side, noting that it has state support. “The way they do propaganda for their unjust cause, they make serials, movies and do propaganda through them, we don't need that. We have to tell the truth”, he said.
Koulis Nikolaou: It is a product of fiction and the viewer knows it
Koullis Nikolaou spoke about the Turkish reactions to Netflix's announcement that it is adding to its platform the Mega series, “Famagusta”, which refers to the period of the Turkish invasion.
The actor, who has undertaken the producer of the Andreas Georgiou series, gave an interview to the show “Summer's Cool”, on September 2, one day, in fact, after the wedding of Andreas Georgiou and Simonis Christodoulou.
Among other things, he stated that although the series is a product of fiction, the events that unfolded in Cyprus are real, while he did not hesitate to emphasize the characteristic of hospitality that governs the Greeks, inviting the dissidents to come to Cyprus to host them.
In more detail, he said: “It is a product of fiction and the viewer who sees it knows it, of course it is part of real events. Anyone who questions the truth of the facts, whether the Minister of Culture of Turkey, or any person, simple, important political person etc., what I say as Koullis Nikolaou is that I can accommodate the Minister of Culture to come to Cyprus and go through the legal process airport of Cyprus, to come and host him and show him that we are Greeks and we have the privilege of hospitality. We are not in favor of war and discord and he should talk to the people who have experienced the events and realize for himself if it is a distortion”.
“From the beginning there were reactions, now they have become more intense because of Netflix,” the actor added.
