Turkish Islamists have decidced that the Sultan Suleiman, hero of Turkish history and almost- conquerer of Europe until his armies defeat at the Gates of Vienna on Sept 11, 1683 has been insulted, and has shut down a popular TV program about this iconic Muslim leader.
Evidently, Islamists do not like the fact that Suleiman is portrayed, and rightly so as a human, with all the failings and attributes every human experiences. It seems that his military and sexual exploits are not for the ears, or eyes of the Turkish public, thus the call for the banning of thi program.
I guess talking about a leader of Islam and his lust for sex and murder, no matter the context is right out.
Another blow for supression of speech in Muslim countries.
From The Economist Jan 27
In recent weeks Suleiman has been at the centre of a new row that pits secular Turks against Muslim conservatives. The cause was a televised drama series, replete with scenes from the royal baths and the harem, which chronicled Suleiman’s military and sexual exploits. Pious Turks were incensed by scenes of Suleiman lusting over his most coveted queen, Roxelana, and drinking goblets of wine.
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Evidently, Islamists do not like the fact that Suleiman is portrayed, and rightly so as a human, with all the failings and attributes every human experiences. It seems that his military and sexual exploits are not for the ears, or eyes of the Turkish public, thus the call for the banning of thi program.
I guess talking about a leader of Islam and his lust for sex and murder, no matter the context is right out.
Another blow for supression of speech in Muslim countries.
From The Economist Jan 27
Magnificent no more
A television series feeds tensions between secular and Islamist Turks
SULTAN Suleiman the Magnificent, who earned his moniker for taking the Ottoman empire to the apogee of its glory in the mid-16th century, is widely regarded as sacred in Turkey. No matter that he had his own son murdered, among several dastardly deeds. Modern Turks like to boast of his armies reaching the gates of Vienna and to refer to him as the “lawgiver”. A British historian, Jason Goodwin, writes that Suleiman was “majestic enough to stock his court with an unusual number of buffoons, dwarves, mutes, astrologers, and silent janissaries” and that he ruled so long “that he became something of an Ottoman Queen Victoria.”
In recent weeks Suleiman has been at the centre of a new row that pits secular Turks against Muslim conservatives. The cause was a televised drama series, replete with scenes from the royal baths and the harem, which chronicled Suleiman’s military and sexual exploits. Pious Turks were incensed by scenes of Suleiman lusting over his most coveted queen, Roxelana, and drinking goblets of wine.
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1 comment:
You-all know nothing about Turkey. It's founder was anti-Islamic, and based the structure of the country on an aggressively secular constitution. If only the Zionists in DC and Tel Aviv were as dumb as the hicks who produce this website, the show would be over.
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