The film ‘Midnight Express’ did lasting damage to Turkey’s reputation. Billy Hayes writes about revisiting the place he was imprisoned, as chronicled in the doc ‘Midnight Return.’ ...

Review: Insightful ‘Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey’ sheds light on ‘Midnight Express’ By Kenneth Turan July 20, 2017 12:45 PM PT ...

Midnight Express' real-life hero Billy Hayes talks during a press conference in Istanbul, ... “Turkey’s tourism dropped 95 percent when the movie came out,” Hayes says.

"The message of "Midnight Express' isn't 'Don't go to Turkey,' " he told me. "It's 'Don't be an idiot like I was, and try to smuggle drugs.' Hayes, now 56, lives in Los Angeles, where he works in ...

Many Turks believed the movie ‘Midnight Express’ ruined tourism in the country. Hayes says he wishes he apologized sooner for the movies embellishments. He reached shore eight hours later.

'Midnight Express' ' Billy Hayes talks Turkey. ... And - yes - quite a story unfolded from there, as the book and Oliver Stone-adapted 1978 movie, "Midnight Express," attest.

Midnight Express (1978), ... “He was very emotional being back in Turkey because he really loved Turkey and he always felt bad about its portrayal in the film,” Sussman says.

Trump once asked the Turkish president whether he'd seen the film "Midnight Express," a book says. "That's a dark movie for you guys," Trump told the Turkish delegation of the 1978 film, it adds.