Minister encourages foreign filmmakers to shoot in Turkey
by Anadolu Agency
ANKARAMar 04, 2017 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Anadolu Agency
Mar 04, 2017 12:00 am
Turkey is encouraging foreign filmmakers to shoot in the country by offering convenience, Culture and Tourism Minister Nabi Avcı announced Thursday.
Avcı told Anadolu Agency that interest and confidence in the Turkish cinema sector had increased, referring to a big South Korean company's purchase of a Turkish movie theater chain last year.
"The biggest incentive we can give to foreign filmmakers is to reduce the cost of shooting a film in Turkey. Many European countries do it very well by providing convenience," he underlined.
Avcı gave Bulgaria and Hungary as examples of success in supporting foreign film crews.
"So, we are working on that issue through a law on cinema. I hope we will submit it to the Turkish Parliament in the near future," he said.
Avcı stressed that his ministry's support for the cinema sector had increased every year, reaching nearly TL 26 million ($7 million) for 2017.
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