Today, Turkey is the world’s second largest producer of TV drama, with stories of sultans, love chaos and power struggles spreading around the world. Through TV series such as “The Magnificent Century / Muhteşem Yüzyıl”, Turkey exports its version of history.
Soft Power through football clubs and hair transplants
We also describe why rock-rich oil countries want to own European football teams and how Lionel Messi has become part of Saudi Arabia’s propaganda game. Also hear how hair transplants strengthened Turkey’s reputation so that the airline even got the nickname “Turkish Hairlines”. A story about how states in the Middle East not only compete economically and militarily but also through drama, music and sports, so-called Soft Power.
Participants: Johan Mathias Sommarström, Cecilia Uddén, Swedish Radio’s Middle East correspondents. Amr Bitar Ekot’s Arab group.
Host: Johar Bendjelloul
Producer: Katja Magnusson
Technician: Matilda Eriksson