CENSORED

Netflix Pulls Turkish Show From Production After Government Demands Gay Character Be Cut

The Turkish show had been planned as an eight-episode romantic drama.

Netflix has canceled production on an original Turkish show after the government denied the production company a filming license unless they removed a gay character from the show. If Only had been planned to be an eight-episode romantic drama starring Turkish film star Özge Özpirincci. The move marks the first time Turkish authorities have intervened to censor a Netflix production. Turkish authorities previously ordered an episode of Designated Survivor to be removed from the platform in Turkey for presenting a fictitious Turkish leader as a villain. Other shows which include LGBTQ characters and themes, including Orange Is The New Black and Hollywood, are not censored on Netflix in Turkey.