American-style noir from Turkey.
When a young woman goes missing in Istanbul, a jaded writer gets tangled up in a deadly chain of events as he sets out to find her and a good story.
There’s not a lot of nudity in absolute terms, but it’s an impressive amount for an Islamic country.
Turkiye is not an Islamic country, Mr. Ignorant.
It was one of the most secular states in Europe after France, before the EU and the US supported the political Islamist Erdoğan took over power.
There were tits on TV, even during daytime, until the 2010s. Erotic shows such as Playboy, Emmanuelle, or Colpo Grosso were aired every Saturday night. You could see topless pics of almost half of the celebrities in 90s. Then he banned nudity from television.
Like I said, the EU and the US want an Islamist dictator in Turkiye so they can easily blackmail him into doing whatever they want, such as threatening him with the migration crisis in Europe (taking the “good” migrants into the EU and sending the “bad” ones back to Turkiye).
I see what you are driving at. Some people have used the term “Islamic” Republic as the name for a specific form of theocratic government enforcing sharia, or laws compatible with sharia, but that’s not the common use of the term “Islamic.”
In common use, however, the word “Islamic” simply means “related to Islam,” nothing more. The term “Islamic” refers to the religion of Islam, its followers, and its associated culture, civilization, and art. Given that 99.8% of Turks call themselves Muslims, that is certainly a fair adjective for the country. Calling a country Islamic, however, does not mean that its constitution is non-secular. Similarly, in common speech the United States is called a “Christian” nation because it was essentially built on Christian principles, even though many religions are practiced, there are also many non-believers, and the constitution is secular. The USA is not like Ireland or Costa Rica, where the religion is constitutionally established as the governing principle of the land, but it’s still a Christian nation in common terminology.
The point is simply that Turkish films have an impressive amount of nudity relative to other countries where Islam is the predominant religion. The fact that they used to have more, and that Turkey used to be a more open society, is a separate discussion.
For the record, I think that most Americans and their leaders, on both sides of the political aisle, dislike Erdogan, although our President seems to have other ideas, as is often the case. Most of us liked Turkey as a modern, secular, pro-Western society, so the last decade has been a disappointment.
I don’t have any sense for how mainstream Europe views the development of Turkey under Erdogan, but your viewpoint doesn’t seem solid to me. I just can’t imagine they are cheering it on.