TRT management selected Can Bonomo, a Turkish Jew, to represent Turkey at the popular Eurovision Song Contest this year
It was also the first time that “Shoah” had been broadcast by state television in a predominantly Muslim country. http://www.defence.pk/forums/turkey-defence/156879-trt-airs-holocaust-documentary-first-time-aired-majorty-muslim-country.html
And,the screening came only a few months after the release of a Turkish film, “Turkish passport,” which tells the true story of Turkish diplomats who saved thousands of Jews during World War II by issuing them Turkish passports.