Turkey on Sunday celebrated the Cannes film festival success of Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, with the media hailing him for dedicating his Palme d Or to victims of his country s political strife.
Ceylan won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival Saturday for his epic drama “Winter Sleep” and dedicated the award to the Turkish “youth who lost their lives” in anti-government protests that have rocked Turkey over the last year.
