Producer Timur Savci a decade ago made “Magnificent Century” the Ottoman costume drama that spearheaded the country’s TV boom. He is currently at the MipTV market in Cannes with his partner Burak ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Turkish hit TV series “Magnificent Century,” the Ottoman costume drama that spearheaded the country’s TV boom, has partnered with ...

In most countries, it’s unusual for the looming death of a television character to become a source of official anxiety. In Turkey, however, a hit television series chronicling the 16th century reign ...

Dubai (AFP) - Can a smash TV soap bring closure for historical wrongs and succour from contemporary turmoil? Check out a Turkish series on the 16th-century Ottoman monarch Suleiman the Magnificent.

One of the new and unexpected cultural trends spreading across the Middle East and the European Balkans is the reemergence of Ottoman culture through soap operas. Yes, soap operas are the new trend in ...