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New Turkish series on Netflix, 'The Gift' (Atiye), launches Dec 27, lead actress Beren Saat announced Dec. 17

Göbeklitepe, the world's oldest temple in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, will be the center of the new Netflix series "The Gift" (Atiye), the mystery drama's star actress Beren Saat told reporters on Dec. 17. 

Netflix, the world's leading internet entertainment service, has announced on its social media account that its second original Turkish series is on the way. The series will star actress Beren Saat. 

Turkish actress Tuba Büyüküstün, who is the most popular actress in the Arab world and last year became the good will ambassador of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), went to Jordan to visit thousands of women and children who escaped from the civil war in bordering Syria and took shelter in the Zaatari refugee camp.

A pro-government pundit in Turkey has drawn the ire of social media users by advising sexually harassed women to ?shut up and see a doctor.?

Sevda Türküsev, a columnist for daily Yeni ?afak, participated in the social media campaign #sendeanlat (you tell your story too) on Feb. 16 with a controversial tweet.

Turkish women started a social media campaign on Feb. 15 to help end violence against women by sharing their own sexual harassment stories under the hashtag #sendeanlat (you tell your story too), after a 20-year-old woman was brutally killed in southern Turkey.