Reha Beyo

Shooting will start next week on a feature film tracing the early career of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an from his childhood in a poor district in Istanbul to his rise to become the city's mayor, its producers said Jan. 15.

Britain-based Iranian channel GEM TV is shooting its first TV series in Antalya, with the company set to shoot more series and films in the countryIran's GEM TV will make 100 cinema and 20 TV series in Turkey, with one of its TV productions being shot in the southern province of Antalya.