Sultan Abdul Hamid: We were under pressure from Israel and Europe to stop the offer

Leave Press – Anatolia

The scriptwriter of the Turkish series "Sultan Abdel Hamid" revealed the pressures exerted by the Israelis and the Europeans to stop the work of the series.

This happened at a technical symposium held Saturday in Istanbul on the impact of the series on the Arab spectator, organized by the association "House of Arab Media".

Dozens of journalists and writers, as well as artists from the series' team attended the symposium.

The symposium addressed the pressure on the "Sultan Abdul Hamid" series to stop broadcasting because it reinforces the common denominators between Turkey and the Arab region, which some people do not like.

"One of the members of the European Parliament has called the series a fascist and should be banned," said Salman Kiabach, the scriptwriter of the series.

"One of the best-selling newspapers in Turkey has written against us," he said in a speech at the seminar.

He added that a campaign launched by the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz" on the series "Sultan Abdul Hamid", followed by several international newspapers.

"After these campaigns against us, we decided to continue the show with more professionalism," he added.

"When we look at history, the European powers are trying to separate us from each other," he said.

"The Syrian brothers of northern Syria and the Kurdish brothers there, there is a great campaign to divide us into believing that the Turks are an occupying force to occupy your territory." same scenario that was told to our Arab brothers. "

He explained: "In the series, Sultan Abdul Hamid tries to explain the real story".

"The inhabitants of our region have common denominators and the enemies strive to differentiate us," said actor Hakan Boyaf, who plays Mahmud Pasha in Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

"We have to continue with each other because our story is shared and we are all good people walking in a way," he said.

The series "Sultan Abdel Hamid" debuted on Turkish television and in a number of channels around the world in 2017 and, because of the great success of the series, continues.