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Thursday, February 23, 2006

/FILM - Turks Thwart Showing of "Valley of the Wolves -- Iraq"

"Turks Thwart Showing of 'Valley of the Wolves -- Iraq'
Posted Thursday, February 23 2006 @ 06:10 AM PST by Diana Slampyak

A Turkish children's welfare group is trying to stop showings of a highly popular Turkish film that depicts American troops in Iraq as villains, the New York Times reports today.

Nil Demirkazik, the leader of Cocuk-Der, a nongovernmental organization said, 'The movie commits the crime of separatism by trying to instill in the masses xenophobia, racism and the sick idea that the entire world is against Turkey.'"

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