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TV show adds to Turkish-Israel tension
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Friday that Turkey is not "based on censorship" and that the state has no right to comment on the quality or opinions expressed in broadcasts.
The series is appearing on Turkey's state-owned TRT television, which is allowed some autonomy under the law.
Israel's Foreign Ministry has rebuked Turkey's acting ambassador, saying the Turkish series is "incitement" and could spark attacks against Jews visiting Turkey.
Muslim Turkey's ties with Israel have deteriorated since Israel's winter offensive against Islamic militants in Gaza, which killed some 1,400 Palestinians.
What had happened in Gaza?
 A hospital worker sits next to the body of a Palestinian teenage girl Heyam Abu Ayish before her funeral in the central Gaza Strip July 3, 2009. Abu Ayish was killed by a shell that was fired by an Israeli tank.  Relatives of a Palestinian teenage girl Heyam Abu Ayish mourn during her funeral in the central Gaza Strip July 3, 2009.  Palestinians react after hearing news that their mother had been killed in Israeli shelling in Beit Lahiya, Northern Gaza Strip.  Smoke from Israeli bombardments is seen in the Gaza Strip during an army operation as seen from the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009.  A palestinian boy prays over the bodies of members of the Al-batran family, of which five members were killed in an Israeli military operation, during their funeral in the Bureij Refugee Camp, Central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009.  A palestinian relative of four members of the Abu Eita family, carries one of those killed in an Israeli army operation past a destroyed building during their funeral in Beit Lahiya, Northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. |
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