Arab world is transfixed by Turkish soap operas

For more than six centuries, the Ottoman Empire controlled Arab lands, leaving its imprint on art, language and food.

Today, Turkey is wielding influence once again in the Arab world — not militarily, but through its soap operas. More than a dozen Turkish soaps have aired on Arab television, offering an escape from the hard daily realities of life.

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[SyriaLebanon2]

@plantegg123 Yes you are right, I shouldn't even bother wasting my time on this idiot. My view of turks is positive and always has been, turks are our brothers, and I have many turkish friends in turkey whom I am very close to. We are very similar and those trying to divide us will not succeed. I was trying to clear some misconceptions that the idiot had, and yes he is NOT representative of turks, and i do not think that. It is nice to see that turks and Arabs are on the same line. selam

[LORDMEHMOODPASHA]

WILL EVERYONE BE QUIET TURKS ARE GREAT, ARABS ARE GREAT, BOTH HAVE SEVERAL DEFECTS, THEY ARE HUMAN, NO ONE IS PEFECT!!!

But most of us are muslims and neigbors and that therefore makes us brothers!

Jeeez now stop this senseless racism and enjoy the show.

[borkan2009]

I'm a Palestinian and i think the "secular" Turkish shows that's playing on the Arabian screen should thrown away because it just have the same western style but with different image. Inshallah everything dirty in our life will be will rinsed along with the Arab Spring, Ameen.

[ebuVisionVideos]

thats cool^^

[heckler171]

i think these shows are anti-islam and promoting the same lifestyle in amerca and europe. if you let them take over your media you'll have gays and adulterers all throughout the muslim world. it starts slowly then it takes over. just like in america

[Wt786]

Why do just have to discuss history? Just watch and enjoy any series u want to..racism is sth really bad....MOREOVER we turks and arabs have the same religion which unites us all! So dont ARGUE

[fedde115]

@AntiKyrgyz @SyriaLebanon2 Both of you shut the fuck up. Don't bring Christians or Jews into this mess. You fight amongst yourselves then you blame and want to pull the whole world into your messy gripes about anything and everything , never ending bitching nagging the entire world population with your shit. That is enough !!! we have had enough of this shit. You can't even carry any conversation without fighting and bringing religion into the subject. GEEEEEeeeeez...

[BALKANLI35]

@Nitrobulgarine We want to watch Bulgarian soap operas in Turkey. Make some productions in Bulgaria. I saw many Bulgarian people watching our soap operas in Bulgaria. We should connect our cultures with this kind of productions. I was born in Bulgaria and I want to see both culture more related each other in better way. Take care my friend, greetings from Turkey to Bulgaria.

[terajasoos]

i know many arab femalez r really sexually starved

i shagged many of them here in north amerika, as well as europe and arab countreez

da femalez there need 2 taste sexual freedom LOL

[Nickname997]

@AthrihosPithekos Nice history lessons do you comfort yourself with these stories when you remember Greeks were 500 years under Ottoman rule?

[AthrihosPithekos]

@AthrihosPithekos *aspect*

[AthrihosPithekos]

@AthrihosPithekos After the 17th century however this practise was abandoned(devsirme),so the recruits were mainly Muslim volunteers.