Desperately in need of some good old-fashioned escapism, I randomly clicked on The Ottoman Lieutenant on Netflix, but despite the beautiful landscapes and suitably strong-willed heroine, I started to feel like something was off? There seemed to be a lot of focus on the evil Armenians and the eviler Christian doctor, while the roguish and handsome title character, a paragon of virtue, was slowly conquering more and more emotional ground. Halfway through, I finally looked it up and yeah – this is Turkish propaganda, shot and edited so cancel out a recent movie about the Armenian genocide (which Turkey still doesn’t recognize).
As it becomes easier and easier to access foreign movies and TV shows, please remember all countries have an agenda.
When it comes to history o politics, never buy anything a movie’s selling without doing some independant research first.
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