Netflix’s latest Turkish-made series, Midnight in Pera Palas, has hit the social media like a bomb since its release. The scene of Esra’s character, played by Hazal Kaya, hugging Atatürk in the series was also on the agenda in social media. Of course, the series also received criticism.
It would not be a lie if we say that Midnight in Pera Palas, the latest Turkish series broadcast on Netflix, has been embraced by the Turkish nation due to its subject matter. Of course, we’re not talking about time travel in the show, we are talking about Atatürk. Although the scenes of the series related to Atatürk are emotional, acting and technical elements were the subject of criticism.
At Midnight in Pera Palas, we watch Esra, a lonely young journalist who is in love with Agatha Cristie, going to Pera Palas to make a report titled ‘130 reasons to go to Pera Palace’ for the 130th anniversary of Pera Palas hotel in Beyoğlu. . When Esra went to Pera Palace, to go back in time is discovering.
It is our dream to go to the past and see Atatürk.
The character of Esra, played by Hazal Kaya in the series, goes to Pera Palace, Istanbul, which was under British occupation in 1919. Pera Palas was a place where Atatürk constantly came and went before he went to Samsun and started the resistance. Of course, at that time his name was only Mustafa Kemal Pasha. According to what is told in the series, he was sent to Mustafa Kemal by the British before he went to Samsun. assassination will take place.
Talking more about the show would probably be a huge spoiler, so let’s stop talking about the plot and come to that great scene. Esra character played by Hazal Kaya in a scene Hugging Mustafa Kemal with tearful eyes. This scene has been on the agenda since the serial was broadcast on social media. Esra character of Hazal Kaya, Living the dream of 80 million He went back to the past and hugged Atatürk.
The reactions to the Atatürk scenes in the series were full of love.
But there was a rain of criticism on the acting and technical parts of the series.
Hazal Kaya did not go unanswered to the bad reactions
Hazal Kaya, who plays the character of Esra, shared a post on Twitter about her acting in the series. responded to criticism. Kaya’s response to the criticism that the character of Esra in the series is not an organic character and lacks naturalness. “How can a woman going back 100 years be natural?” it happened.
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