Turkish series break all viewership records in the Middle East, the Balkans and Central Asia, where they are more popular than American soap operas and Latin American telenovelas, writes France Press.
The production, in accordance with the norms of the Audiovisual Council, excludes from the series everything that can "badly influence the moral judgment of young people".
Producer Fatih Aksoj believes that the secret of the success of Turkish series lies in quality production and adaptation to the taste of the audience that loves melodramas and sagas about heroes and events from the time of the Ottoman Empire.
"Our series are well made and correspond to our sensibility," explains Aksoj, who heads the production company Medijapim.
American series, as he says, show only action, while in Turkish series there is also action, but the emphasis is also on the life of the hero. Turkish screenwriters therefore write local versions of popular American series, such as "Introduction to Anatomy" or "Desperate Housewives".
The production, in accordance with the norms of the Audiovisual Council, excludes from the series everything that can "badly influence the moral judgment of young people". Thus, in Turkish series, for example, explicit love scenes are not shown.
In 2011, Turkey sold more than 10.500 hours of serial programming, which was watched by around 150 million people in 76 countries. Revenue from the series was $68 million. Although the heroes of Turkish series are not popular in Paris or New York, Turkey ranks second in total production of TV series, just behind the USA.
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