Turkish soap operas that are so successful in Turkey must be scrutinized by a media watchdog. This censors those content that is not in line with the government's values.
Turkey's media watchdog, RTÜK, banned the broadcast of the series 'Red Buds' for two weeks. It imposed a fine of 300,000 euros on the channel after stating that Red Buds violates "the national and spiritual values of society" Netflix refused to modify the script and had to move the entire production to another country.