Turkey with Simon Reeve

Erdoğan is portrayed as an internationally misunderstood yet nationally loved leader, the rise of fundamentalism in Turkey is presented in the disguise of harmless piety , and some beautiful shots from the Turkish landscape with orientalist background music... This is an advertisement. This is not Turkey, this not the Turkish reality. Erdoğan is not the hero of the poor, actually he is the enabler of the extravagant rich like Ağaoğlu. Erdoğan's government is not the pinnacle of humanitarianism, actually Syrian refugees are nothing but a leverage for the Turkish government to be used against the west. Erdoğan is not a harmless , beloved leader who is just very protective of his country. There were no mentions of the hundreds of imprisoned journalists, fired academicians, the economic crisis, the increasing violence against women and LGBTQ people. It was a terrible terrible production, distorting the reality and the history of the Turkey. I am truly amazed why BBC agreed to be a part of this. Do not recommend.

Why doesn't Simon say that the PKK in the east of Turkey is the reason why those parts of the city is demolished...why isn't he mentioning the PKK made trenches in the streets to stop the police for keeping the peace in the streets? In these parts of Turkey if the police wasn't present the civilians (also Kurdish civilians) were asking why the government isn't there to support the people. Simon. Also, as the Turkish government shouldn't mangle what the people should eat or drink, isn't his to take side if the alcoholic beverages should be made illegal or not. Most of the studies actually conclude that alcohol is a hard drugs, but it's tolerated because it's culturally grown in the habits of people...What I think is that Simon travels, but isn't open for other cultural habits.

I had to write something about this documentary that i liked a lot, but especially because of the reviewer underneath "ingrownie" the fills his/her review full of lies.

Erdogan is not presented as a loved leader. Also the part about "(..) nothing but a leverage for the Turkish government to be used against the west". It is almost mentioned one on one in the documentary, the part where they visit the refugee camp. So it's not that the tell he's a hero of some sort for them people.

Besides that, he DOES mention that there are hundreds/thousands of journalists locked up, it's in the part where he interviews the school teacher that has to be interviewed outside of (i guess it was Ankara) because she was scared to be arrested.

I can not understand that reviews like this are allowed on IMDB that are full of lies. Almost everything that is claimed that is not in the docu, is in fact in it. See for your selve. I found it to be a great 2 part documentary,

Simon Reeve approaches every non western country as an exotic artifact. He never mentions western exploitation on poor countries which is hypocritical as western people including Simon is the cause of under development. I wonder if he really believes "western might" and west is the savior of the world. His viewpoint is that non westernern lifestyle must to evaluate into gorgeus consumerism. Please try some empathy over Turks or another culture.