Turkish soap star sparks divorces in Arab world

[Abu Bakr as-Somali]

The hit Turkish soap "Nour" which is being aired on MBC has sparked a rash of divorces in countries across the Middle East as women compare their real-life husbands to the TV heart throb, according to press reports.

The trouble centers around the lead male character called Muhannad – played by Turkish actor Kivanç Tatlitug – whose good looks and charms have left many Arab women weak at the knees.


Fed up with his wife's obsession with Muhannad and constant complaints that he should be as romantic as the TV hunk, a Saudi husband from Dammam divorced his wife and threw her out of the marital home, Saudi newspaper Al-Yawm reported.


A Jordanian daily said a husband divorced his wife after she uploaded Muhannad’s picture on her cell phone.

And a Syrian website reported that there were four divorces in Aleppo because of the steamy soap.

In one case, a husband divorced his wife after they had a heated argument about the actor while watching the series, which MBC has dubbed into Arabic to suit Middle Eastern audiences.

According to a neighbor, the wife reportedly told her husband: “I want to sleep with Muhannad for only one night and die afterwards.”

In another case, a husband divorced his wife after she hung a picture of Muhannad – the character Mehmet in the original Turkish version – on their bedroom wall.

Nour, which airs on MBC, the parent company of Al Arabiya, is about a woman who is married to Muhannad after he loses his true love in a tragic accident.

Muhannad is then forced to marry Nour by his family. The series traces the hardships Nour must go through to win her husband’s heart and to prove herself on a professional level.

Nour, called Gümüs in the original series, is played by Turkish actress Songül Öden.


LOL my mother loves this show!

[Salah ad-Din]

this is sick...
I'm tired on these stupid turkish shows, people talk too much about it!

[umm_sabah]

first ive heard of it. cliche storyline. sounds like one of those paktv/zeetv things.

such a shame it has such an influence... of all things, to cause divorces. v sad.

[Umm Ahmed]

The women and men here are addicted to it , last night while out in the garden I heard my neighbour and children outside walking towards their home , I invited her in she said "lah Nour is coming on"

[Abu Talhah]

I watch it, I must admit. Its actually very entertaining...

Come on, im sure im not the only one!

[ummafnaan]

I watch it, I must admit. Its actually very entertaining...

Come on, im sure im not the only one!

I pray Allah azza wa jal will guide the Ummah of Muhammad(saw) to shun idle talk and time wasting on activities that have no benefit in this life and in the hereafter. And if anything as clearly shown in the article above, will only lead to the destruction of those who indulge in such garbage.

وَالعَصرِ
By Al-'Asr (the time).

إِنَّ الإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسر ٍ
Verily! Man is in loss,

إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوا بِالحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوا بِالصَّبْرِ
Except those who believe (in Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth (i.e. order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds (Al-Ma'ruf)which Allah has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds (Al-Munkar)which Allah has forbidden), and recommend one another to patience (for the sufferings, harms, and injuries which one may encounter in Allah's Cause during preaching His religion of Islamic Monotheism or Jihad, etc.).

Every single minute of out lives will be accounted for on Yawmul Qiyaamah.

[Abu Talhah]

I pray Allah azza wa jal will guide the Ummah of Muhammad(saw) to shun idle talk and time wasting on activities that have no benefit in this life and in the hereafter. And if anything as clearly shown in the article above, will only lead to the destruction of those who indulge in such garbage.

وَالعَصرِ
By Al-'Asr (the time).

إِنَّ الإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسر ٍ
Verily! Man is in loss,

إِلاَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوا بِالحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوا بِالصَّبْرِ
Except those who believe (in Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth (i.e. order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds (Al-Ma'ruf)which Allah has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds (Al-Munkar)which Allah has forbidden), and recommend one another to patience (for the sufferings, harms, and injuries which one may encounter in Allah's Cause during preaching His religion of Islamic Monotheism or Jihad, etc.).

Every single minute of out lives will be accounted for on Yawmul Qiyaamah.

You are right ukhtee. Im going to stop watching it. However, originally I watched it simply because it is when my family would gather together and watch, so I would just sit with them and thats how I began watching it. Anyways, true though, very true...

[nomad]

Everyone in my family in jordan has banned their wives from watching it, because it causes so much fitna around the place. They all thought turkey was really poor from this programme. I had to explain its not real, just a show, and turkey is more advanced than jordan!!! They didnt believe me of course as the TV says something different.

[I_Am_A_Hermit]

In one case, a husband divorced his wife after they had a heated argument about the actor while watching the series, which MBC has dubbed into Arabic to suit Middle Eastern audiences.

According to a neighbor, the wife reportedly told her husband: “I want to sleep with Muhannad for only one night and die afterwards.”



I can understand why this man divorced his wife [if she did say what is reported]- but the others were a bit extreme in their actions.

[seeker_of_knowledge]

The hit Turkish soap "Nour" which is being aired on MBC has sparked a rash of divorces in countries across the Middle East as women compare their real-life husbands to the TV heart throb, according to press reports.

The trouble centers around the lead male character called Muhannad – played by Turkish actor Kivanç Tatlitug – whose good looks and charms have left many Arab women weak at the knees.


Fed up with his wife's obsession with Muhannad and constant complaints that he should be as romantic as the TV hunk, a Saudi husband from Dammam divorced his wife and threw her out of the marital home, Saudi newspaper Al-Yawm reported.


A Jordanian daily said a husband divorced his wife after she uploaded Muhannad’s picture on her cell phone.

And a Syrian website reported that there were four divorces in Aleppo because of the steamy soap.

In one case, a husband divorced his wife after they had a heated argument about the actor while watching the series, which MBC has dubbed into Arabic to suit Middle Eastern audiences.

According to a neighbor, the wife reportedly told her husband: “I want to sleep with Muhannad for only one night and die afterwards.”

In another case, a husband divorced his wife after she hung a picture of Muhannad – the character Mehmet in the original Turkish version – on their bedroom wall.

Nour, which airs on MBC, the parent company of Al Arabiya, is about a woman who is married to Muhannad after he loses his true love in a tragic accident.

Muhannad is then forced to marry Nour by his family. The series traces the hardships Nour must go through to win her husband’s heart and to prove herself on a professional level.

Nour, called Gümüs in the original series, is played by Turkish actress Songül Öden.


LOL my mother loves this show!

If the marriages were based on mutual love,trust and understanding such incidents would have never happened. Unfortunately marriages in Muslim society today are most of the time based on western material values like money and physical beauty and this, I believe is the cause of such fitnah.

[Abu Bakr as-Somali]

Is it? Its a big disrespect the women show that they dont respect their men enough and they should be divorced let them go to Turkey and find Muhannad!

Everyone in my family in jordan has banned their wives from watching it, because it causes so much fitna around the place. They all thought turkey was really poor from this programme. I had to explain its not real, just a show, and turkey is more advanced than jordan!!! They didnt believe me of course as the TV says something different.

Bro I dont think you're talking about the same show, in Noor they show the other side of Turkey its so nice looking an d if you woudnt know you wouldnt think it was Istanbul, but Amsterdam or something. It looks 10 times better then Jordan!

[Abu Bakr as-Somali]

If the marriages were based on mutual love,trust and understanding such incidents would have never happened. Unfortunately marriages in Muslim society today are most of the time based on western material values like money and physical beauty and this, I believe is the cause of such fitnah.


This is okay the Rasool that ppl marry for 5 reasons with a person:

his wealth
looks
Imaan

and the other 2 I forgot I think status or something.

['Abd al-Kareem]

Someone hangs up a poster of some guy in her husband's bedroom and she doesn't expect to be thrown out? Though the TV should've been first.

TV is such a poison, subhan Allah.

May Allah rid the Muslim homes of such filth and idiocy as these soap operas.

[Umm Ahmed]

This is okay the Rasool that ppl marry for 5 reasons with a person:

his wealth
looks
Imaan

and the other 2 I forgot I think status or something.

Prophet Mohammad said, "A spouse is sought in marriage for four reasons, namely beauty, family-lineage, wealth and character based on faith. The best criterion being such character."

[Nu7]

In one case, a husband divorced his wife after they had a heated argument about the actor while watching the series, which MBC has dubbed into Arabic to suit Middle Eastern audiences.

According to a neighbor, the wife reportedly told her husband: “I want to sleep with Muhannad for only one night and die afterwards.”

In another case, a husband divorced his wife after she hung a picture of Muhannad – the character Mehmet in the original Turkish version – on their bedroom wall.


This really made my blood boil. SubhanAllah, such idiocy and lack of respect!

Tv is such a great fitnah.

[Salahadeen]

He's not even that good looking.

[Abu Ma'mar]

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2821/muhannad03wg4.th.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=muhannad03wg4.jpg)

He looks like one of those football hooligans from a west ham Charlton game

[I_Am_A_Hermit]

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2821/muhannad03wg4.th.jpg (http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=muhannad03wg4.jpg)

He looks like one of those football hooligans from a west ham Charlton game

Women are going crazy over this guy??

Yeah - he looks like a BNP member.

Now I see why the husbands resorted to divorce.

[Umm Ahmed]

It's not about looks for a woman at the end of the day , they are actors playing a part, and women want more romance in their life and they see this false life on TV and want one like it.

We read romantic novels and watch romantic films and think why cant the man sitting beside them be like that, even though its all false as they don't have to cook and clean, and raise a brood of children.
We have the example of Phrophet (saw) who was romantic, husbands should be too.

[Mustafa al-Muhaajir]

So Muhannad is a white dude ...

[Magoo]

So Muhannad is a white dude ...

looks like an arian to me but he must be a turk, you know what they say in the terraces at anfield and leeds, "id rather be a paki than a turk" ;)

[Abu Ma'mar]

"id rather be a paki than a turk"

hahaha!

[Abu Hafs Al-Shamy]

disgusting! what i see now is that muhannad looks like a western european guy, so these dajjal following women deep in their hearts they maybe also love these good looking marines if they come to their houses.

[I_Am_A_Hermit]

disgusting! what i see now is that muhannad looks like a western european guy, so these dajjal following women deep in their hearts they maybe also love these good looking marines if they come to their houses.

As Umm Ahmed said it's not just the looks, it's the character this chap plays.

[Magoo]

hahaha!

i knew you would appreciate that akhi :D

[intheheartofgreenbirds]

looks like an arian to me but he must be a turk, you know what they say in the terraces at anfield and leeds, "id rather be a paki than a turk" ;)

Why is this said ?

[Hamza]

lol its the funniezst football chant for me.

it has now been transferred to as a queue chant outside turkish kebab pizza places. funny.

[Magoo]

Why is this said ?

basically the leeds and liverpool fans had a reputation for being the toughest and most ruthless bunch of hooligans in the world. then they went to turkey to play european football, the turks ended up killing a few of their fans and gave the rest the beating of their lives, you dont mess with turks when it comes to football as they are a tough bunch, anyway, this inspired hatred for the turks on the part of footy fans from these areas and the chant "id rather be a paki than a turk" was coined

[Nu7]

I remember those two hooligans from Leeds who got stabbed in Istanbul by supporters of Galatasaray. Apparently their crime was that they attempted to take a turkish flag and whipe themselves in the behind with it. Stupid move lol.

[Abu Bakr as-Somali]

So Muhannad is a white dude ...

No he is Turkish he just looks white, they chose the most european people for a cast lol, only some of them look proper Turkish..

As Umm Ahmed said it's not just the looks, it's the character this chap plays.

Character lol, did you see this days episode on MBC Noor thought he was cheating and he was drunk and coudnt remember. Everyday they get into a fight lol...

[I_Am_A_Hermit]

No he is Turkish he just looks white, they chose the most european people for a cast lol, only some of them look proper Turkish..


Character lol, did you see this days episode on MBC Noor thought he was cheating and he was drunk and coudnt remember. Everyday they get into a fight lol...

Err - I don't watch this soap.

Seems like you do.

[Um Ismail]

Erm, white, black etc, what difference does it make?

[Abu Bakr as-Somali]

Err - I don't watch this soap.

Seems like you do.

Not really my mother watches it mostly I'm on the computer, but I can still hear whats going down.

Erm, white, black etc, what difference does it make?

Just correcting brotha Mustafa.

[Mustafa al-Muhaajir]

Saudi cleric slams Turkish soaps as "wicked"

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's top religious figure has slammed Turkish soap operas as "wicked" and "malevolent", despite the wild popularity of one show, a paper said on Sunday.

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al al-Shaikh told a seminar in conservative Saudi Arabia this week that Arabic television channels airing the soaps were un-Islamic.

"Any channel that helps to further perpetuate the popularity of these shows is ultimately a warrior against God and his Prophet," he said in comments cited by al-Watan newspaper.

"It is not permitted to watch Turkish series ... They are replete with wickedness, evil, moral collapse and war on virtues that only God knows the truth of."

He said he was speaking in the name of the Higher Council of Religious Scholars, the government body charged with advising on religious affairs.

It was not clear what specific objection the Mufti had to the programmes. Saudi clerics demand gender segregation in public places and women are not allowed to drive cars.

They have previously objected to young Saudis taking part in popular music talent shows along the lines of American Idol.

The show "Noor" this year became an overnight sensation in the Arab world when it was first aired on Saudi-owned satellite channel MBC. It it was a flop when first shown in Turkey in 2005 with the title Gumus.

It has since spurred a large number of Gulf Arab tourists to visit Turkey, including the Saudi first lady Princess Hissa Al-Shaalan. Its blonde and blue-eyed star Kivanc Tatlitu has become a heart-throb for many Arab women.


http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-34699320080727

[strive4islam]

looks like an arian to me but he must be a turk, you know what they say in the terraces at anfield and leeds, "id rather be a paki than a turk" ;)

why would you say this akhi,lets not be nationalists and also a many of the great people came from turks as Ottoman Khialifat for example who ruled under the shariah for 400 years.

about that guy from soap opera i had to search on you tube to see who you all talking about,well like someone mentioned he is tipical western looking guy,,i personaly don't find a man handsom enough if he doesn't have a full beard

[strive4islam]

basically the leeds and liverpool fans had a reputation for being the toughest and most ruthless bunch of hooligans in the world. then they went to turkey to play european football, the turks ended up killing a few of their fans and gave the rest the beating of their lives, you dont mess with turks when it comes to football as they are a tough bunch, anyway, this inspired hatred for the turks on the part of footy fans from these areas and the chant "id rather be a paki than a turk" was coined

i didn't see your this comment at first,i understand what you meant now.

[walid]

t.v is a great fitna along with the internet. whats happened to us muslims? well the haram has become halal to us. so many of us like watching these FILTHY soaps, we have now become desensitised to zina, drunken dehaviour, swearing, nudity etc etc it's really disgusting. Soon after my marriage i banned all soaps from my house, also banned satellite dish but could not ban the t.v because i live with my parents. If we want to be pious then we need to remove ourselves from these films etc. what sort of husbsnd allows his wife to watch such filth in the first place. t.v and internet has removed the curtain from our eyes and removed the barrier of shame!!