Melisa Sozen questioned in Turkey over role in French TV thriller

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Turkish star accused of promoting terrorism in famous French TV show

Le bureau des légendes (The Bureau) actress Melisa Sözen has been questioned on terrorism charges over her role in the French series. She played a double agent in the show’s third season - which aired seven years ago. Apparently fiction must equate to reality for the Istanbul public prosecuton.

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Turkish Actor Quizzed By Police Over Kurd Militant Role In Hit French Series: Report

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Turkish actress suspected of promoting terrorism at home because of costume she wore in French series

Turkish actress Melisa Sözen was questioned in Istanbul over her role in the French spy series Le Bureau de Legendes, in which she played a double agent fighting Islamist militants eight years ago. According to Turkish authorities, her costume in the series resembled the uniform of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia, and the actress is therefore suspected of promoting terrorism.

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Turkey: Melisa Sözen, actress in the series “The Bureau of Legends”, heard for “terrorism”

Her portrayal of a Kurdish activist in season 3 of the spy series, broadcast more than seven years ago, was viewed with a negative eye by the Turkish authorities.

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Melisa Sozen questioned in Turkey over role in French TV thriller

Police are said to be investigating her on suspicion of "promoting terrorist propaganda" in the series.

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Turkey, actress Melisa Sözen arrested and questioned: she played a Kurdish fighter in a French TV series

The investigation is part of a series of arrests and trials of journalists, lawyers, politicians and cultural and artistic personalities decided in recent weeks by the Erdoğan regime