"YEŞILÇAM! TURKISH EXPLOITATION CINEMA
by Jay Slater
(2008-03-25)
Turkey: what is the country best known for? For the post-pub army, the rich and proud Muslim heritage of Turkey is encapsulated in five words: yes; boss; doner; chilli; sauce. On seeing Alan Parker’s 'Midnight Express' (1978), advice would be to avoid their correctional facilities unless sodomy is your kind of thing. And there’s Turkey’s national drink, Raki (a strong grape brandy flavoured with anise), which is ludicrous and quite silly in alcoholic super power: so much so, that I am told that I had a run-in with the police after a heavy Raki session one night, but to this day remember nothing. The Marquis de Sade would have bottled out of drinking it. One can only wonder what the Turkish Ministry of Tourism think of the Brits."
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