Turkish TV network accused of stoking communal tensions for airing pork dinner scene

Turkish TV network accused of stoking communal tensions for airing pork dinner scene

A controversial scene has ignited fierce debate, with critics accusing a government-aligned broadcaster of being deliberately provocative

TV drama scene involving pork sparks backlash in Turkey - Turkish Minute

A scene in a television drama aired on the pro-government ATV station has sparked widespread backlash on social media, with critics accusing the show’s producers of deliberately fueling tensions between secular and religious segments of Turkish society ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The controversy erupted after the second episode of “Aynı Yağmur Altında” (Under the Same Rain), in which a character portrayed as modern and secular ind…