Thursday, September 18, 2014

Culture of violence makes for hit TV in Turkey | Reuters

Culture of violence makes for hit TV in Turkey

By Selin Bucak

ISTANBUL Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:49pm BST

(Reuters) - Sefer Calinak killed his first wife when he was 17 and murdered his girlfriend a few decades later with an axe. Now, the 62-year old is making the rounds on hit Turkish TV shows, part of a ratings race increasingly driven by a thirst for violence.

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