If only some countries would realise that gay is OK

Netflix reimagines Turkish drama in Spain after outcry about homosexual character

25 August 2021 - 18:28 By Clara Hernanz Lizarraga and Laura Millan Lombrana

Netflix canned its Turkish drama If Only last year after the country’s culture ministry asked the streaming giant to erase a gay character from the storyline. Now the show by Turkish screenwriter Ece Yorenc is back, only this time set in Spain, with Spanish characters, and it’s due to air in 190 countries, including Turkey...

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