What Does a Sympathetic Portrayal of Sexual Assault on Screen Look Like?
As Sexual Assault Awareness Month comes to an end, I’d like to urge viewers and filmmakers to take a long and hard look at how rape is portrayed on screen.

Merve is a former athlete living on the Anatolian side of Istanbul who makes a living by selling doping substances. Upon receiving the news of her father’s passing in Belgium, she is forced to make a choice between two continents. This decision will also mean losing one of the two people she loves.
As Sexual Assault Awareness Month comes to an end, I’d like to urge viewers and filmmakers to take a long and hard look at how rape is portrayed on screen.
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