Nothing like Turkish television....

A new TV series in Turkey portrays Israeli soldiers as child-killers...

A new television show which debuted in Turkey recently may provide a partial answer to the recent spike in anti-Israeli sentiment evident in the country.

"Ayrilik" ("Farewell"), a prime-time show which airs on Turkish State-sponsored television channel TRT1 depicts the Israel Defense Forces as a murderous, bloodthirsty army.

Following Ynet's report on the show, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman summoned the acting Turkish ambassador to Israel to a meeting with high-ranking Foreign Ministry officials in order to protest against the TV show.

"Broadcasting this series is a serious case of state-sponsored incitement. Such a series, which doesn’t even have a weak connection to reality, and which presents the IDF's soldiers as murderers of innocent children, is unworthy of being broadcast in enemy states, let alone in a country which had full diplomatic relations with Israel."

While the main plot is that of a love story which develops between the lead characters during Israel's January offensive in Gaza Strip, much of the show centers on the IDF's brutish activities.

In an episode of the show available on YouTube, Palestinians clash with IDF forces. Some of the Palestinians have firearms while others use simpler measures like stones.

At the end of the scene, an "IDF soldier" is seen passing by a body of a Palestinian youth and jolting it with his foot, as the youth's mother runs over in tears to cradle her son's body.

The following scene shows another "soldier" run a Palestinian girl into a street corer. She looks at him and smiles, but the "mission driven" soldier shoots her in the chest and watches her bloodied body drop to the floor before leaving the area.

The opening credits also show a particularly monstrous image of Israeli soldiers, as snapshots of explosions, tanks wreaking havoc, soldiers beating civilians and dead bodies everywhere light up the screen.

One of the shots also depicts a group of Palestinians facing an IDF firing squad.

According to the show's website, it "brings to life the bleeding wound of Palestine. The show depicts all sides of the generations-long tragedy… This season focuses on the women and children and the Palestinian story, as well as the notion that the ultimate solution is love, compassion and world peace."