The Turkish movie “Fetih 1453” just joined the list of banned movie in Lebanon today. According to this article in Lebanon Debate, it seems like the General Security took the decision today following the protests that accused the movie of being disrespectful to Christians earlier.
To make sure, I checked Cyberia’s movie guide and didn’t find Fetih 1453 listed among the currently showing movies anymore.
Still, I believe the ban is useless since it was shown in Turkey in the beginning of 2012 and it’s currently widely available for download on the internet.
Seems like it’s now the Christians turn to get upset over a movie!
“Fetih 1453” is a new Turkish movie that started showing yesterday in Lebanon about the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans led by Sultan Mohammad II. And I’ve heard several times on the news that some people are finding it insulting because of how the Romans were shown in the movie.
With a budget exceeding 18 million dollars, “Fetih 1453” is a Turkish action film and one of the most important movies showing the conquest of Constantinople from the Turkish point of view.
However, the Byzantine Church in Lebanon seems not to agree with the Turkish analysis, and considers that the film insults Christian sanctities and symbols.
In the past few days, a number of activists on Facebook have been protesting against the reformulation of the history of Constantinople in the film “Fetih 1453”, which, according to them, contains false historical facts.
These activists will be holding a sit-in on Saturday September 29 at 4 pm at Sassine Square in protest of what they consider “an offense to the Christian civilization”. They will also protest outside the movie theaters that will be showing the film expected to be released on September 27. Source
The movie is showing at City Mall and Empire theaters by the way, and I just found it available online here on Vimeo.
