2023-09-26 17:47:00
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 – 9:47 PM
Dubai, September 26 / WAM / Turkish star Engin Altan Duzyatan participated, as part of the activities of the first day of the Arab Media Forum, in a dialogue moderated by media personality Nada Al-Shaibani, regarding his experience with the series “Resurrection of Ertugrul”, which is considered one of the most famous and successful drama series in the history of Turkish art. This success was accompanied by enormous popularity, estimated at regarding 3 billion viewers, as the series was broadcast on television in 71 countries, following it was dubbed into 25 different languages, which contributed to the expansion of its global reach, turning into a unique phenomenon and a source of inspiration for production companies around the world. The world following contributing to the development of new standards for historical drama.
Altan explained that the famous Turkish series’ high viewership rates are due to many reasons, foremost of which is the inspiring story, the good script, the balanced scenario, and a great effort from the staff and director. The hero of the series is a character who has Islamic traits and principles, the most important of which are justice and tolerance, which are principles that represent a period. An important period of Islamic history, and the work was carefully studied academically by a number of parties, which contributed greatly to achieving all this success, and he is happy with the contribution of this work in giving a good image of Islam and Muslims in contrast to this impression that prevailed in the West. previous periods.
Regarding the contribution of dramas in promoting Turkey and playing an important role as a soft power, Altan stressed that Eastern societies have come to understand the term soft power following years of the West using it, as he went back in his childhood to watching Brazilian soap operas that achieved great fame decades ago, stressing that the time has come. That the peoples of the region begin to use creative works to promote their achievements, and to benefit from their past, culture, and the many stories that the past and Islamic and Arab heritage are full of.
Altan explained that dramatic works have reached second place in the world following the United States in dramatic production, and have achieved great popularity in many countries of the world, including Latin American countries in particular, pointing out the importance of drama in building strong relationships with societies, and exploiting those relationships in Achieving peace and bringing people together.
Hosting the Turkish star comes within the framework of the forum’s discussion of the ability of drama to influence as one of the most important manifestations of soft power, especially through successful works that have been able to achieve widespread dissemination, and studying the elements that would enable dramatic work to reach this scale of cross-border influence, and transform it into An effective bridge for positive communication between cultures and peoples, lessons learned from distinguished experiences in this field, and how to benefit from them in advancing the overall dramatic production in the Arab world to this level of competitiveness, influence and spread.
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