The movie about the life of Abdullah Catli, a scandalous figure in Turkish political life in the 1970s-1990s, contains episodes related to ASALA, reports Istanbul-based Armenian weekly Agos.

The filmmaker offered Istanbul Armenian actors the roles of ASALA fighters in the movie, but not a single Istanbul-Armenian actor agreed to play in the film.

Abdullah Catli was one of the scandalous figures of the Turkish nationalist movement in Turkey. His name is associated with a number of political assassinations. According to the nationalist narrative, he fought against ASALA and allegedly managed to dismantle it. It is for such film scenarios that Armenian actors are being sought to portray ASALA fighters.

Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) was an organization active between 1975 and the 1990s whose stated goal was "to compel the Turkish Government to acknowledge publicly its responsibility for the Armenian genocide in 1915, pay reparations, and cede territory for an Armenian homeland."