Draft:Alinur Velidedeoğlu

Alinur Velideoğlu is a creative artist, advertising executive and a media personality from Turkey. He is mostly known in Turkey as the creator of notable television commercials. He also served as a jury member in the competition show Buzda Dans, which is the Turkish version of Dancing on Ice.^[1]

Interview with Billy Hayes

During the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, Alinur Velidedeoğlu met by chance Billy Hayes, whose story about his life in a Turkish prison after his arrest for hashish smuggling inspired the hit film Midnight Express. Velidedeoğlu made an interview with Billy Hayes, in which Hayes expressed his disappointment with the film adaptation. He made the video available on YouTube site, after being unable to broadcast it on Western television.^[2]

References

^ Bayatlı, Togay (2007-03-22). "Buzda sahte dans". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-09-24.
^ Arman, Ayşe (2007-02-11). "Alinur Velidedeoğlu'nun Midnight Express savaşı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-09-30.

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[1] Bayatlı, Togay (2007-03-22). "Buzda sahte dans". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-09-24.

[2] Arman, Ayşe (2007-02-11). "Alinur Velidedeoğlu'nun Midnight Express savaşı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-09-30.

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