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Turkish producer Emre Konuk, owner of Akli Films has announced the signing of new deal with Pakistan’s Ansari & Shah Films to jointly produce a TV series about the life of Salahuddin al-Ayyubi, according to Turkish media reports.
Al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, better known simply as Salah ad-Din or Saladin, was the the first sultan of Egypt and Syria and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty in 12th century. Saladin led the Muslim military campaign against the Crusader states in the Levant
The series, featuring actors from Turkey and Pakistan, will be shot in Turkey and is planned to have three seasons.
Having welcomed the project offer from Pakistan’s Ansari & Shah Films, producer Emre Konuk, owner of Turkey’s Akli Films, announced on Saturday that they have reached an agreement.
“A happy news on a blessed Friday night! Contract signed between Akli Films and Ansari & Shah Films about ‘Sultan Selahaddin Ayyubi’,” Konuk tweeted.
He wished that the international, joint project is beneficial “to our country and our art world.”
The series, featuring actors from Turkey and Pakistan, will be shot in Turkey and is planned to have three seasons.
Konuk said he was happy to realise the project, despite being aware of the difficulty in portraying “this great person who left his mark in history and all over the world.”
Saladin defeated the crusaders and recaptured Jerusalem in 1187.
