Accurate depiction of Turks and Turkish prisons

couldn't you confirm it yourself just by looking at their heads, if there had been a previous beheading?

They did have immense balls. Columbia Picture hated the movie and were not going to release it until it showed at Cannes (itself a huge risk) and got a standing O from 2000 attendees. They were demied filming in at least five European countries due to Turkish influence which included Turkish government-organized demonstrations in every major city where it played. Director Alan Parker said he didn’t care and would not budge on anything, though various governments like Holland caved to the pressure and removed all dialogue insulting Turks, no doubt including Hayes’ shocking courtroom sp

They did have immense balls. Columbia Picture hated the movie and were not going to release it until it showed at Cannes (itself a huge risk). Despite being one of the most violent films ever shown there, it got a standing O from 2000 attendees. They were demied filming in at least five European countries due to Turkish influence which included Turkish government-organized demonstrations in every major city where it played. Director Alan Parker said he didn’t care and would not budge on anything, though various governments like Holland caved to the pressure and removed all dialogue insulting Turks, no doubt including Hayes’ shocking courtroom speech calling it a country of pigs. Critics and politicians worldwide screamed RACIST … just like today. And just like today, it all failed. The film ran so long in Spain — three years — the government passed a law limiting a film run to no more than a year. Having been passed from generation to generation through the magic of home video, the movie is still a cultural phenomenon in Turkey, the US, and elsewhere — for better or worse. One Turkish government worker compared it to The Wizard of Oz — another film that won’t go away.