January 12, 2005 - 18:26 AMT
TURKS AS ISLAMIC TERRORISTS IN AMERICAN SERIAL
Fox TV American channel is transmitting a serial called "24", the principal heroes of which are ethnic Turks, who are acting as Islamic terrorists, Yerkir online newspaper reports. According to the plot of the film, a Turkish family residing in the US is rendering help to religious fans from Istanbul for planning terrorist acts in the US. Each part of the film lasts 2 hours and enjoys wide popularity in the US. The Council on American-Islamic Relations has sent a protest letter to the film studio with the demand to take off the film and apologize to the Turkish people. However the authors stated they are not going to apologize either to Turks or to Muslims on the whole.