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Turkish TV dramas have been banned from Egypt's pro-government TV channels since 2013 and also have been taken off Saudi channels. Here, a family watches the Turkish soap opera "Noor" in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 26, 2008. — REUTERS/Susan Baaghil

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Actress Songul Oden (C), who plays the main character in the Turkish soap opera "Noor", waves as she leaves after her visit to an Islamic orphan house in Beirut September 8, 2008. The show which flopped when first broadcast in its native Turkey three years ago has taken the Arab world by storm, provoking a flood of Gulf Arab tourists to Turkey that even includes royalty. Picture taken September 8, 2008. REUTERS/Hussam Shbaro (LEBANON)

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