Turkish artists have been facing increasing pressure and censorship from Islamist authorities and groups for expressing their views on social and political issues, such as LGBTQ+ rights, violence against women, opposition parties or minority languages. Many of them have been cancelled or banned from performing at music festivals or concerts, while others have been threatened…
Turkey is the second largest exporter of television content after the U.S. Spanish-language networks in the U.S., like Telemundo and Univision, are capitalizing on this trend by airing Turkish series dubbed in Spanish during their primetime hours.