Creator Ece Yörenç, Showrunner Irma Correa on the Spanish Adaptation of Banned Netflix Turkish Original ‘If Only’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Netflix cancelled production on Turkish series “If Only” after Erdogan refused to grant it a shoot permit on the eve of it going into production.The bone of contention, the original series’ creator and screenwriter Ece Yörenç told the Financial Times, was the presence in the screenplay of a character who was gay. Rather than capitulate to the sensed demand of Turkish authorities to excise this character, Netflix and Yörenç took the joint decision to cancel the shoot.On Thursday, nine months after the cancelation, Netflix Spain announced a Spanish adaptation of “If Only,” written by Spain’s Irma Correa, who has already helped adapt Yörenç’s “Fatmagul” as Spanish TV series “Alba,” produced by Boomerang for Atresmedia.