A Return Ticket On the Midnight Express ; the Film Told the Horrifying True Story of Billy Hayes and His Imprisonment in Istanbul On Drugs Charges 30 Years Ago. Now, He Tells Adrian Mourby, He Would Love to Return to the City

Evening Standard - London › December 03, 2004

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HIPPY American traveller William (Billy) Hayes was 27 when he escaped from prison in Istanbul, inspiring British director Alan Parker to turn the story of his nightmare incarceration into the film Midnight Express.

The cult movie made such a worldwide impact that the Turkish government issued a warrant for Hayes' re-arrest if he ever returned.

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A Return Ticket On the Midnight Express ; the Film Told the Horrifying True Story of Billy Hayes and His Imprisonment in Istanbul On Drugs Charges 30 Years Ago. Now, He Tells Adrian Mourby, He Would Love to Return to the City

Hayes now lives in California, writing and directing films. He says, however, that he would be happy to return: "I loved the Turkish people. I really loved that country - apart from the five years in prison. The cruel and barbaric condi...

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