I haven´t seen the billboards, I just saw the commercial on tv, and I thought it was a nice idea. But then again, it was a lot of different paper moneybills, and I didn´t watch for Ataturk´s head and the bikini.  I guess if you only see his head, and a bikini under it as a still image, it will look a bit weird. I wouldn´t go so far as to say it´s a big insult or something. Just an honest mistake, taking a very popular destination and money that most people recognize from the tv-commercial.

 You Dutch seem to make howlers many times.Still wet behind the ears?you should bone up on ....asap

and I think you should respect some important symbols for others if you want to gain respect in return

Ohhhwwww, sensitive...have you seen the tv commercial? Not the still pictures, but the moving images? It will be clear that this was not some kind of intentional insult to Ataturk or something, so you should just say "Okay, I guess you all didn´t know how sensitive this is for us Turkish people, so can you please remove this image? You will, okay thank you " No need to be dramatic about it. By the way, many other heads of important people from other countries were also in the commercial, and guys in swimshorts or woman shopping.

 Okay,I only hope those guys whose legs were not XcrossedSeriously speaking even mockery if it was a mockery used in  an advert,or using some landmarks if it was using landmarks should have its limits and should have been reconsidered by advert sepcialists before launching it.And I hope BM you understand what I mean.Other country important symbols or icons under no circumstances should be used in mocking way.

It wasn´t mockery. The slogan was something like, "because we offer cheap holidays, you´ll have more money to spend in your holiday destination" and then you saw different types of money in those holiday destinations. I think people are becoming angry over something when they do not even fully understand what the commercial was like. I´ve just seen it again on tv a few minutes ago. This time, it was basically the same, only the Turkish lira-bill was left out. I think being focussed on a woman on bikini is the mistake people make. I´m trying to find the commercial on youtube or something to show it to you, so you can form your own opinion, but can´t find it

I understand that the advertisment-person had to consider it, but he was thinking from a Dutch perspective. He doesn´t think about how sensitive some people can be. It wasn´t a woman in a bikini walking around with an Ataturk mask or something. It was showing money in a fun way. The advertisment person was focussed on the money and the message, and not on Ataturk´s face.

I have a confession to make about this topic. I am brought up as a Kemalist person myself and whenever I hear somebody badmouthing him I feel like bashing that persons head in. I don´t know why, the hate & anger seems just so natural to me at that moment. As if someone was attacking my family members or something.

I´ve noticed that And I´ve noticed a lot of people in Turkey feel that way. I understand the innitial reaction, but then you have to take a step back, take a deep breath, and look at the real situation. It has nothing to do with the Dutch being wet behind the ears, or the Dutch making howlers (do we really make that many mistakes in general?) There´s no reason for getting extremely upset, but a simple "hey, we know you made this commercial, but it actually makes us feel uncomfortable" will do. A softer reaction will also make the company change it´s commercial, but it will take a lot of tension out of a silly situation. I feel like it´s all being blown up out of proportion.

eaxctly!

thats what i myself need.

i have found out media programme some weeks ago. It´s called Raedon TV. It is safe and its content is so wide.

What cought my eye today is a tv channel on this programme called rocktelevision. It lets me listen any kind of rock music. The ones who like rock may interest with it. http://www.rocktelevision.com/

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=twins-committed-suicide-together-2010-01-25 

 What a tragedy!Poor girls!