The Turkish government says it has withdrawn its support for the country’s oldest film festival after organizers reversed a decision to exclude a politically sensitive documentary.
FETO is the acronym applied to the Gulenist movement, held by Ankara to be responsible for the failed coup and led by U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who denies any involvement.
The festival has been run since 1963 in the Mediterranean city of Antalya and is a highlight of the Turkish cultural calendar. Festival director Ahmet Boyacioglu said the documentary had initially been removed from the national documentary film category because of ongoing legal proceedings against one of the people featured.
In reversing the decision, Boyacioglu said it had been discovered that “the trial process regarding the person in the documentary … is not continuing, so it has been decided that the film will be included in the competition selection.”
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