Irritation to Omer Celik and the Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey seems to have been provoked by his announcement Netflix which includes in its library from September 20 the series “Famagusta”which refers to the period of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

The vice president of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party speaks of distortion of the “Peace Operation” (as the Turkish side calls the invasion) and of propaganda by the Greek Cypriot side.

“The fact that a series that distorts the 1974 Peace Operation in Cyprus and makes propaganda for the Greek Cypriot side will be broadcast on a cinema platform from September 20 is very worrying. We cannot accept that the intervention that brought peace and established justice is targeted by Greek propaganda. The Peacekeeping Operation in Cyprus, the heroic Turkish soldier, peace and justice cannot be targeted through this series,” he says in a post on X.

On the same wavelength and the Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Batuhan Mumcuwho declared deeply disturbed. “The production in question ignores the historical facts, distorts the Cyprus Peace Operation through Greek positions and unfairly defames the Turkish soldier who brought peace to the island,” he argues, insisting on Attila’s correctness.

The Turkish official calls it “unacceptable for a platform like #Netflix, which is aimed at a wide audience, to present historical events by distorting them”.