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A novel of young Bulgarian author Lyudmila Filipova will be made into a TV series in Turkey.
Filipova's novel "Anatomy of Illusions" dedicated to the development of Bulgaria's post-communist transition has been taken up by Turkish director and producer Osman Sinav.
The TV series based on the Bulgarian novel will be called "The Walls Between Us". The series will be shot in Bulgaria's Sofia and Varna, and in Istanbul, Turkey, and is planned to have three or four seasons.
Filipova has revealed that the Turkish scriptwriters will adapt the book by adding a lot of elements related to Turkey. The main character in the TV series will an ethnic Turkish Bulgarian who has family in Turkey; instead of Boris, as in the original novel, his name will be Baris.
What is more, Dogan Kital, the largest publishing house in Istanbul, will publish Filipova's novel "Anatomy of Illusions" in Turkish.
Filipova (born 1977) is a young Bulgarian author, whose novels tackle stories from Bulgaria's post-communist transition, mafia, and organized crime.
She also known for being a granddaughter of one of the leaders of the Bulgarian Communist Party, Grisha Filipov, who was Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bulgaria in 1981-1986, and member of the State Council chaired by Communist dictator Todor Zhivkov until the end of the regime in November 1989.
Turkish soap operas have enjoyed immense popularity in Bulgaria in the recent couple of years.
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