Alinur Velideoğlu is a Turkish

Turkish people

Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 advertiser. He founded
"Güzel Sanatlar" advertisement agency in 1973 with Ünver Oral, and Yiğit Şardan. In 1994, he became shareholder with Bates WorldWide. He is very famous in Turkey in advertisement field. He also became a jury member in the Turkish version of Dancing on Ice around the world.

Interview with Billy Hayes

During the 1999 Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

, Alinur Velidedeoğlu met by chance Billy Hayes

Billy Hayes (smuggler)

William "Billy" Hayes is an American writer, actor, convicted drug smuggler and director. He is best known for his autobiographical book Midnight Express, about his experiences in and escape from a Turkish prison after being convicted of smuggling hashish. He was one of hundreds of U.S...

, whose story about his life in a Turkish prison after his arrest for hashish

Hashish

Hashish is a cannabis preparation composed of compressed stalked resin glands, called trichomes, collected from the unfertilized buds of the cannabis plant. It contains the same active ingredients but in higher concentrations than unsifted buds or leaves...

 smuggling inspired the hit film Midnight Express

Midnight Express (film)

Released on October 6, 1978, the soundtrack to Midnight Express was composed by Italian synth-pioneer Giorgio Moroder. The score won the Academy Award for Best Original Score of 1978.Side A:#Chase – Giorgio Moroder...

. Velidedeoğlu made an interview with Billy Hayes, in which Hayes expresses his disappointment with the film adaptation. He made the video available on YouTube

YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

site, after being unable to broadcast it on Western television.