I’m also working on a one-off mini about Turkish knock-offs. Turkey was (is?) pretty magnificent for making terrible (read: great) versions of big Hollywood movies.

Here’s a quick excerpt from it:

I know what you’re thinking: how can Turkey afford to snap up Hollywood blockbusters for remake? Simple, they just do it. Permission? Meh, Turkey doesn’t uphold your puny American copyrights.

Tarzan in Istanbull

It all began in 1952 when Hollywood released Tarzan’s Savage Fury. Turkey retaliated by releasing Tarzan Istanbul’da (Tarzan in Istanbul). I’m not quite sure how Tarzan goes from tree swinging in the jungle to suddenly landing in Istanbul, but I’m sure it was a great idea at the time.