"Outwardly cordial, Turkey, U.S. cross swords onscreen
By Karl Vick
The Washington Post
Published February 19, 2006
ISTANBUL -- In 'Valley of the Wolves: Iraq,' U.S. soldiers shoot children at point-blank range, harvest kidneys from Iraqi prisoners for shipment to Tel Aviv, blow a Muslim cleric out of his minaret and, to top it all off, display utter contempt for Turkish foreign policy.
The feature film set a box office record in its first weekend, after opening in more theaters than any movie in Turkish history.
Meanwhile, the American television series '24' did not launch at all in Turkey last fall, despite high ratings for the three previous seasons. The problem: In season four, the terrorists intent on destroying America were Turks."
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