The head of Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog says it has launched an investigation into claims that digital platform Disney+ pulled a series on Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has launched an investigation into claims that digital platform Disney+ pulled a series on the country’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the group’s chairman said.
Local media reports said Armenian Americans had lobbied for the show to be canceled on the grounds that Atakurk, as an officer in the Ottoman army, was tied to the mass killing of Armenians in 1915.
The Radio and Television Supreme Board decided to initiate an investigation “based on the public information” that Disney+ has decided not to broadcast the series, Ebubekir Sahin, the chairman of the board, posted on social media late Tuesday.
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