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Translate text into 33 languages without an internet connection. A dictionary of over 178,000...

Mercedes-Benz Parts - ETK Car Parts for Mercedes

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Mercedes-Benz Parts - This catalog of original and unoriginal spare parts for Mercedes-Benz ...

Car parts for Ford

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Ford Parts - This catalog of original and unoriginal car parts for Ford Features of the app: -...

Kelly (279 KP) rated The Protector in TV

Dec 18, 2018

The Protector

2018 | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

6.5

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The backdrop of Istanbul (1 more)

Relationships between the main characters.

A familiar story retold (0 more)

A Turkish superhero story

The story of the protector is one that we are familiar with: unlikely orphaned hero suddenly finds out that he was destined to defeat a big evil villain. A story, that over the years we have seen many times in many different ways. Somehow however, this did not bore me as much as it should. The backdrop of Istanbul made the plot line much more interesting to me (having no Turkish background and little knowledge of the country).

The characters were intriguing and I did genuinely care for them, as well as being interested in the love triangle that emerged between Hakan, Leyla and Zeynep. The female characters in the series were portrayed as strong women, which I particularly enjoyed. Hakan was goofy at times, but a likeable character overall. The immortal villain in the series could have been a bit more sinister, but this is just nitpicking.

Overall, I found the show really enjoyable, and hope that Netflix find the opportunity to make a sequel.

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The White Castle

Orhan Pamuk and Victoria Holbrook

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From a Turkish writer who has been compared with Joyce, Nabokov, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez comes a...

The Calligrapher's Garden

Hassan Massoudy

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Hassan Massoudy's elegant calligraphy depicts the four seasons of the garden. From the icy palettes...

Gary Giddins recommended Children of Paradise (1945) in Movies (curated)

Children of Paradise (1945)

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"The love story is so powerful, the spectacle so grand, that Marcel Carné’s masterpiece (an indispensable Criterion production) isn’t often regarded as a genre piece, though it is inhabited by every kind of criminal and involves an unforgettable murder in a Turkish bath—made particularly ghastly for occurring just off camera. Yet Marcel Herrand’s Lacenaire is one of the cinema’s most fascinating monsters, and his machinations resolve the fate of everyone else, including the muse incarnated by the great Arletty."

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