Arab channel organizes poll of Turkish actors

Turkey’s popular TV drama actors Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Engin Akyürek and Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ were the subjects of a new poll by Arab TV channel MBC4 Arab television channel MBC4, which airs in the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East and North Africa, has organized a poll about Turkish actors Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Engin Akyürek and Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, all of whom are well known in these regions because of the expanding popularity of Turkish television dramas.

The poll, produced by Zeynep Özek and organized for the program “Turki Ekstra,” posed questions to Turkish and Arab viewers in Istanbul.

The viewers were asked which couple, Kenan İmirzalıoğlu and Bergüzar Korel, or Engin Akyürek and Tuba Büyüküstün, was the most suitable and why.

Both couples star in dramas popular in Arab countries. İmirzalıoğlu and Korel star in “Karadayı,” while Akyürek and Büyüküstün are the stars of “Kara Para Aşk” (Love Laundering).

Most of the participants stated that Akyürek and Büyüküstün were more suitable for each other, saying “they are sweeter,” “they get along well,” “they look nicer,” “they are more romantic.”

Those who preferred İmirzalıoğlu and Korel said the “couple acted better,” “they are warmer” and “they are an very beautiful couple.”

Tatlıtuğ is known in the Arab world by the name Mohannad and is perceived as the “Brad Pitt of the Middle East.”

On its Twitter account, MBC4 asked which actress – Songül Öden, Beren Saat or Hazal Kaya – would be most suitable for Tatlıtuğ, who has gained the sympathy of the Arab world with his roles in “Gümüş” (Noor) and “Aşk-ı Memnu” (Forbidden...