A unique play in an Ankara theatre ended with a standing ovation this week as the little-known actors -- transsexuals and gays raising their voice against discrimination -- fought back tears on stage.

Every year, movie studios get a jump start on turkey Thursday and black Friday by giving audiences a taste of the good stuff two days earlier than usual. This week, we've got real-life fairy tales (Enchanted, starring Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey), a deadly fog (The Mist, starring Thomas Jane and Marcia Gay Harden), loads of gunplay ...

Has anybody heard about our awesome government and our very strange accusation that Turkey is responsible for genocide in The Gay Old War? That’s in reference to WW1, which for some reason my friend calls The Gay Old War.

A sign in a store in Turkey

Indian filmmaker Parvez Sharma filmed gay Muslims in 12 countries and nine languages, including India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa and France, and always shot footage in secret to escape the attention of local authorities.