Turkish Digest
 
ISSN No 1554-8414
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
FT.com / World / Europe - Companies aim to banish Turkey's poor reputation
"Companies aim to banish Turkey's poor reputation
By Vincent Bolandin Istanbul
Published: December 28 2005 02:00 | Last updated: December 28 2005 02:00

Oliver Stone may have apologised a year ago forhaving 'overdramatised' Midnight Express, the director's 1978 film about an American abused in a Turkish prison, but the violent imagery still haunts the world's view of Turkey and the portrayal continues to upset Turks.

If Umit Boyner gets her way, however, foreign perceptions could change."

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