MTV documentary on rebellious Turkish youth hits 2 million views

Tahribad-? ?syan / CREDIT: Rebel Music/MTV World

MTV World has launched a documentary short film about Turkey within its Rebel Music series, which was viewed by more than 2 million people around the world on YouTube last week. Executive producer Nusrat Durrani and artists in the film tell the Hürriyet Daily News about the project Rebel Music is a series covering the stories of young people around the world who have risen up against social and political barriers to improve their lives and countries, including Turkey. Executive producer and MTV World General Manager Nusrat Durrani told the Hürriyet Daily News that their aim with the series was to present the lives of youths in a different way to regular news stories. 

"There are incredible young people around the world doing incredible things. Audiences are not exposed to the good things the young people are doing around the world ? [With the Turkey episode of the series] we have a better understanding of Turkey if we have a view of the stories of the youth, because the youth is the future," said Durrani. 

The video on Turkey, which features six artists, including a rap music group, activists, journalists, a social media phenomenon, and students of various orientations, has already been watched by more than two million people on YouTube. 

Nusrat Durrani / CREDIT: MTV World

Describing the series as a "document of change and action" led by youth, Durrani said the Gezi Park protests of summer 2013, which started as a sit-in demonstration against the felling of trees in a central Istanbul park and spread to countrywide protests, was a good example of Turkey's dynamism. 

"Because of what is happening in Turkey and because of Gezi Park we felt that the story of youth in Turkey was very compelling," he added. ...

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