Diriliş: Ertuğrul

The busts of the names who left their marks in the Turkish history erected in the Black Sea province of Ordu's city center by the municipality stirred a nationwide debate.

After gaining sweeping popularity in the Middle East, South Africa and surprisingly in South America, action-packed Turkish television series "Diriliş: Ertuğrul" has taken over Pakistan.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on July 10 visited the set of the TV series "Diriliş Ertuğrul" ("Resurrection: Ertuğrul") in Istanbul's Beykoz district. 

The funeral of Arda Öziri, an actor whose latest role was in the popular Turkish TV series' href='/search/Turkish TV series'>Turkish TV series "Resurrection" (Diriliş Ertuğrul), has stirred debate in Turkey after his coffin was "advertised" by his hometown's municipal administration.

With President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey visiting President Trump in Washington this week, it might be useful to briefly turn away from the conventional explanatory sources and consider a wildly popular television series that is capturing the zeitgeist in Turkey.