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Netflix cancelled production on Turkish series “If Only” after Erdogan refused to grant it a shoot permit on the eve of it going into production.The bone of contention, the original series’ creator and screenwriter Ece Yörenç told the Financial Times, was the presence in the screenplay of a character who was gay.

Netflix has cancelled filming on a Turkish original series following pressure to remove a gay character.The producers of If Only, what would have been an eight-part relationship drama, were refused a filming license by the Turkish government because a gay character was written into the show.The show’s creator, Ece Yörenç told Altyazi Fasikul (which was then translated into the Financial Times): “Due to a gay character, permission to film the series was not granted and this is very frightening