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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Turkish broadcasting watchdog investigates 'cancellation' of Ataturk TV series

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Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has launched an investigation into claims that streaming service Disney + pulled a series on the country's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the group's chairman said.

Local media reports said Armenian Americans had lobbied for the show to be canceled on the grounds that Ataturk, as an officer in the Ottoman army, was tied to the mass killing of Armenians in 1915.

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