JAKARTA, Indonesia

As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced people to remain indoors, Turkish movies and dramas are entertaining families in Indonesia.

A busy working woman in normal days, Rini Septa, 29, has taken to watch Turkish movies and TV soaps to kill her boredom.

“I like the Turkish films. Many educational and religious values can be learned from them,” she has told Anadolu Agency.

Hooked to online platforms during her spare time, Septa’s favorites have been Fetih 1453 movie and TV series Sultan Abdul Hamid II. The movie Fetih is about Sultan Mehmed, who conquered Constantinople currently Istanbul in 1453.

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