Category: Entertainment

Fri 04 September 2020: The trailer for the hotly anticipated documentary The Dissident, about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, has been released and looks set to bring fresh attention to the Saudi journalist’s murder two-years-ago, which remains clouded by mystery. Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018, with the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman linked to his […]

Fri 04 September 2020: Turkey’s media watchdog ordered Netflix to remove its latest series “Cuties” from its catalogue after it drew harsh public criticism over allegations of it “entertaining paedophiles“, Daily Sabah reports. According to the report, the country’s broadcasting watchdog claims the film contains images of child exploitation. Turkey’s Family Ministry had previously said the film “may cause children […]

Wed 02 September 2020: Applications are now being accepted for the 8th International Silk Road Film Awards, organized by the Association of Film Directors, Writers and Composers (SETEM) and supported by Turkey’s General Directorate of Cinema of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The event will offer moviegoers in Istanbul access to films produced along […]

Sat 29 August 2020: Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played the role of iconic Black Panther in the American media franchise Marvel Cinematic Universe, has died of cancer on early Saturday at the age 43. The statement on Boseman’s Twitter account expressed “immeasurable grief” about the actor’s death and said he was first diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer […]