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<\/p>\nTurkish TV Series Help Greeks Forget Financial Crisis<\/p>\n
By Stella Tsolakidou on January 7, 2012 in News<\/p>\n
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Athens Reuters made an extensive and thorough report on Turkish drama TV series dominating daily Greek TV programmes, with more and more Greeks becoming enthusiastic over the neighboring country\u2019s products.<\/p>\n
Beginning the report with an Athens taxi driver, his Turkish passenger, who happens to be the boss of a company selling Turkish TV series to Greece, and the driver\u2019s wife, who wants to know what is to happen of her favorite protagonists in the coming episodes, Reuters explains how \u201cthe glitzy tales of forbidden love, adultery, clan loyalties and betrayal\u201d have become a sort of comfort for recession-hit Greeks.<\/p>\n
The financial crisis plaguing Greece led TV channels to buy Turkish productions in order to save money. But now, it seems that these soap operas are \u201csaving\u201d the Greeks from their everyday problems.<\/p>\n
Some fear this is a cultural invasion but others see it as an opportunity of getting to know the everyday lives of simple people.<\/p>\n
\u201cKismet\u201d, \u201cAsk ve Ceza\u201d, \u201cEzel\u201d and \u201cAsk-I Memnu\u201d are only some of the many Turkish series previously broadcast or still on air in Greece.<\/p>\n
The panoramic shots of Istanbul, the awakening of memories related to better times, lost traditions and familiar scenes have skyrocketed the ratings of the Turkish TV series.<\/p>\n
\u201cEzel\u201d and the other series portray a lost dimension of Greek society that has been buried in recent years,\u201d novelist Nikos Heiladakis wrote in a local newspaper article about the success of one crime drama. \u201cIt awakens in today\u2019s Greek a lost identity,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
According to Reuters, Greek fans are so impressed by the new trend that they are already writing Turkish words on their Facebook accounts, while \u201csome Greek magazines have started offering CDs for intensive Turkish lessons.<\/p>\n
via Turkish TV Series Help Greeks Forget Financial Crisis | Greece.GreekReporter.com Latest News from Greece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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