Israel's Foreign Ministry lodged a complaint with the Turkish Embassy about a television series that began this week on a Turkish state television channel.

The first episode of "Farewell" was shown on the government-controlled TRT1 Tuesday and portrayed Israeli soldiers as ruthless killers of innocent Palestinians, showing scenes of soldiers killing Palestinian babies and lining Palestinians up before a firing squad, Israeli media reports said Thursday.

"This series which has absolutely no connection to reality and portrays Israeli soldiers as murderers of innocent children, is not fit to be broadcast even in the most hostile countries and certainly not in a country that has full diplomatic relations with Israel," a statement released by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Wednesday.

Lieberman, who was on a state visit to Austria, instructed his office to lodge a complaint with the Turkish Embassy and summon the acting ambassador.

Series producer Saljuk Trubanulad told Israel Radio Thursday the soldiers depicted in the series are not Israeli, but a group responsible for the murders. He said all those involved in the making of the series love the Israeli people.

Haaretz said the series features a love story that develops between leading characters during Israel's military offensive in Gaza earlier in the year.

The newspaper said Israeli soldiers are seen shooting Palestinian children in the chest and kicking elderly people to the ground.

Images of Israeli soldiers beating civilians, explosions and Israeli tanks wreaking havoc were also shown, Ynetnews.com said.