{"id":65667,"date":"2026-03-24T09:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65667"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:02:21","slug":"haluk-spots-this-mystery-radio-in-a-vintage-turkish-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/haluk-spots-this-mystery-radio-in-a-vintage-turkish-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Haluk Spots this Mystery Radio in a Vintage Turkish Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Haluk, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello.
\nI was skimming through a very old Turkish film.
\nLo and behold, a maid turned on some (!) radio to provide music in a party…
\nThe receiver looks serious but doesn’t look familiar, at least to me.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Regards,
\nHaluk<\/p>\n

Thanks for sharing, Haluk. Can anyone ID this radio? Please comment!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Haluk, who writes: Hello. I was skimming through a very old Turkish film. Lo and behold, a maid turned on some (!) radio to provide music in a party… The receiver looks serious but doesn’t look familiar, at least to me. Regards, Haluk Thanks for sharing, Haluk. Can anyone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305],"tags":[9545,5506],"class_list":["post-65667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-haluk-mesci","tag-radios-in-movies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-h59","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59203,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/haluk-spots-a-braun-t23-on-facebook-marketplace\/","url_meta":{"origin":65667,"position":0},"title":"Haluk spots a Braun T23 on Facebook Marketplace","author":"Thomas","date":"March 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Haluk Mesci, who writes: I recently bought a Braun T1000 in unbelievably good condition. 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