Already controversial at home, "Zenne Dancer" dramatizes the real-life "honor killing" of an Istanbul student by his family after they discovered he was gay. Already controversial at home, “Zenne ...

A controversial and groundbreaking film has hit movie theater screens in Turkey. Zenne Dancer is inspired by the true story of a gay man, Ahmet Yildiz, who police suspect was murdered by his father in ...

When Segah dances, everybody cheers. His hips slope then shake; the muscles on his stomach vibrate with the coin belt across his loins. The drumbeat speeds up. The glitter on his chest and the gold ...

In part the film is based in the slaying of Ahmet Yildiz, which is known as Turkey's first honor killing Directors, who were friends with the student, say Turkey has entrenched institutional ...

The drama, from directors M.Caner Alper and Mehmet Binay, deals with homosexuals in the Turkish military. By Karsten Kastelan ANTALYA – The 48 th edition of the International Antalya Golden Orange ...

On a summer’s day in 2008, physics student Ahmet Yildiz, 26, was shot dead when he popped out of his Istanbul apartment to buy ice cream. The main suspect in the killing, a fugitive still wanted by ...

A critically acclaimed film in Turkey about the murder of a gay man by his father is prompting Turkish society, once again, to examine its tolerance of differences. Zenne Dancer is inspired by the ...