Fans are not satisfied with the Lazarus Istanbul display

The setting is almost as important as the characters in terms of the construction of realistic sequences in the story. Adult swimming Lazarusset up to 2050 years in a unique futuristic world that is built with the “old world”. The structure of the world Lazarus It is permanently changed by the drug Cure-All Hapna created by Dr. Deniz Skinner, who has allowed humanity to enjoy the poorest three -year period in human history, but there are a lot of things that we still do not know about the world in the series.

When the audience saw an adult after a Lazarus clip, Episode 3, many applied for their dissatisfaction with the presentation of the former Turkish capital, Istanbul, which many saw as a kind of approximation to Arabia rather than Istanbul and its landscape. Are these comments a fair rating? Let's find out.

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Istanbul: One of the most important cities in history

What many people who saw the Axel clip dealing with the swarms of people who chased them through the streets of Istanbul are how little the city looks like its counterpart in real life. The common criticism of the display is that it looks like Arabia's aggregation, with different elements inspired by this particular aesthetics. Although Turkey would have aspects related to the Arab world because of the history of the city, which dates back to its founding of Greek settlers in the 7th century BC.

This Arabic influence would be more specifically in the 15th century, when Istanbul became the imperial capital of the Ottoman Empire. Previously, Istanbul was the imperial capital of several dynasties: Byzantin (330–1204), characterized by the rule of the Roman Emperor Constantin, who later named the city of Constantinople in each other; Latin Empire (1204–1261), which replaced Byzanttin; Late Byzantine (1261–1453), known as the Roman Empire after being regenerated by the Greek dynasty of Palaiololos.

1453 He saw the fall of Constantinople to bring the Turkish conquest, a dynasty that persisted for six centuries and became a place of most interactions between Europe and the Middle East. In the 20th century, the Ottoman Empire entered into a period of global shock, while Muslims were persecuted as the Ottoman contraction in which the Ottoman Empire previously ruled, which led to mass migration to Turkey to fry forcibly.

Basically, Turkey was at the turn of the 20th century, and after the First World War long founded as Islamic territory with centuries of history. So it is not entirely strange to see Islamic architecture Lazarus Depiction of Istanbul, But the IsSue Isn't Seeing Islamic Influence in the City, But Whether Such and Representation is Accurate: Istanbul's Long History and Geographic Location Situated in Between Europe and Asia Cultural Perspectives, with the oldest part of the city, located in the Fatih district, which is considated “Real Istanbul” as it predates the urban expansion of the city in the 19th century.

What is a big problem?

It hurts distortion

LazarusWhen it is set at 2050, of course it has futuristic elements in the story and in the whole story and Turkey is obviously no different, but in these lines there is a clear sequence of the city, while futuristic buildings serve as a background of some buildings that somewhat resemble turkey mosque, churches and other important structures; However, even if we follow the characters when they explore one of the most important places in world history, there is no only indicative point that we can identify with maximum certainty.

Istanbul is home to several main monuments from the whole time, from Hagia Sophia to the Sultan Ahmed mosque; From the Galata tower to the Constantinple wall, but there is no single structure Lazarus Episode 3, which looks like a representation of these structures, but rather approximation to the amorphous, generalized Istanbul. In addition, shortage or definitive Turkish monuments, nor very interesting geographical aspects of Istanbul, such as the inland sea marmara south of Istanbul, or Bosphus Strait that diverges with people who live and live and are in performance and are in performance and are in performance and are in performance Filling and are in filling and they are in full swing.

In the end, what the audience is asking is a respectful and deliberate depiction of the city, understanding culture, and only someone who is bothering to visit the city and obsessed by correcting the details. It is not enough for the entertainment media to approach specific places or cultures nor beneficial for any project No Emphasize details of places that have rich and questionable history. In the series, we know that there was some political unrest in Turkey that led to the death of Deniz Skinner's parents when he was 12, but the series will not get into it.

Skinner, born in 1996, would be 12 in 2008, which was an incredibly interesting time in Turkish politics, because it was a parliamentary term, with several pages closed, and for the first time the individuals were arrested for suspicion that they were part of the secret, ultra-nona-nationalist terrorist group (contractual) known as Ergenekon, An organization that the Turkish public was accused of finding a overthrow of a democratically elected government. The problem is that we do not know whether riots in the series could inspire “alternative istanbul”, but it is likely that the misconception of the city was due to insufficient research.

Other reading: Istanbul about Britannice, Dr. Alpay, S. Turkish politics in 2008, Human Rights Watch, Alex McDonald (2019) “Ergenekon: A bizarre case that formed modern Turkey”.

Lazarus

Release date

April 5, 2025

Network

Adult swimming