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ERTUGRUL IN PAKISTAN (thread)
The Turkish historical drama series Ertugrul has had such an impact on popular culture in Pakistan, that I've started a thread to help keep track
1/ One of the more popular Pakistani Ertugrul impersonators on Tiktok (ht @haseebasif) :
The Turkish historical drama series Ertugrul has had such an impact on popular culture in Pakistan, that I've started a thread to help keep track
1/ One of the more popular Pakistani Ertugrul impersonators on Tiktok (ht @haseebasif) :
2/ This tiktoker impersonates the character of Osman Ghazi (Osman I), Ertugrul's son:
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSJ1jdM2v/
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSJ1jdM2v/
3/ The Ertugrul theme music is amongst the most popular background tracks used on Pakistani tiktok, usually for videos with themes related to either Islam or chivalry. This is a more bizarre example: https://twitter.com/ChaoticCPhT/status/1337987802089328642
4/ Channa (chickpea) food outlet named after Ertugrul: https://twitter.com/IftikharFirdous/status/1352576013268525058
5/ Street food steak stall named "Ottoman Biryani", even though I'm fairly confident the Ottomans weren't really into biryani: https://twitter.com/desmukh/status/1352580573806665728
6/ A Pakistani govt minister referring to critics of the govt as "Kurdoglus" -- a villain in the Ertugrul show: https://twitter.com/desmukh/status/1313423334797971463
7/ A candidate for parliament using the IYI symbol of Ertugrul's Kayi clan on his election campaign material: https://twitter.com/spin_ghar/status/1358673888306159616
8/ Ertugrul Ghazi on a banner to commemorate Kashmir Solidarity Day:
https://twitter.com/theLahorewala/status/1359145682263760898
https://twitter.com/theLahorewala/status/1359145682263760898
8/ A twitter account of a chapter of the ruling political party suggesting that the broadcast of the Ertugrul show in Pakistan lead to a political awakening: https://twitter.com/desmukh/status/1311375310231871492
10/ An Ertugrul era axe makes an appearance at an anti-France blasphemy cartoons protest in Rawalpindi https://twitter.com/desmukh/status/1328250678632964096
11/ Not sure of the context of this one, but here is Ottoman commander Turgut Alp strutting on a makeshift catwalk https://twitter.com/BurhanBaloch19/status/1360897359622909959
