Eco-nostalgia in Popular Turkish Cinema

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Islam in Turkish Cinema

This essay describes the history of Turkish cinema from its origins in 1896 until the present, focusing upon how Islam and religious Muslims are portrayed in the movies. For historical, political, and cultural reasons, Islam and religious Muslims have often been portrayed in a negative light, even though Turkey is a predominantly Muslim country. Present day Turkish cinema offers a more eclectic array of movies, including movies that show Islamic practices in daily life and movies that portray Islam in a favorable light

Representations of pious Muslims in new Turkish cinema

Tezin basılısı İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi'ndedir.Turkish cinema history is divided into three main periods, while in 1996, with the movie Eşkıya, the period of New Turkish cinema began. Alongside the technical improvements in the industry, the styles of the movies changed, leaving behind the cliché approaches of Yeşilçam in many subjects, including the approach to religion and pious Muslims. This thesis will discuss the representations of pious Muslims by exploring the relationship of different cinema periods with the politics and sociology of Turkey. The parallel development of the modernization politics of the Turkish Republic, Kemalist ideology and early/traditional Turkish cinema will be discussed for their approach to religion and pious Muslims, as well as the break in this parallelism as a result of the style changes in New Turkish cinema. Partial recovery of representations of pious Muslims in New Turkish cinema, the social changes of pious Muslims and the power of the Justice and Development Party with its pious Muslim members will be brought together in an analytical frame. The approach of Turkish politics to pious Muslims in its journey from the foundation of the Republic to today, as well as the reflection of the secular/pious polarization in cinema’s different periods will be researched. In addition, the change in the paradigm of modernization in Turkey, which emerged after the 2000s, will be brought to bear on New Turkish cinema. Despite many changes in politics and society in Turkey, the resistance in the cultural arena to these changes will be addressed in this thesis.Abstract .................................................................................................................. iv Öz ........................................................................................................................... vi Table of Contents ................................................................................................ viii List of Tables ......................................................................................................... ix List of Figures ......................................................................................................... x Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1 CHAPTERS 1. Religion in Early and Traditional Turkish Cinema ............................................. 9 1.1. Nonexistence or Humiliated Existence of Religion in Early and Traditional Turkish Cinema ................................................................................................. 11 1.2. National Cinema Movement and a New Approach on Religion ................ 17 1.3. Reflections of Turkish Politics on Early and Traditional Turkish Cinema 25 2. Religion in New Turkish Cinema ..................................................................... 29 2.1. Pious Muslim Figures in Modern World from the Point of View of New Turkish Cinema ................................................................................................. 30 2.2. Religious Symbols in New Turkish Cinema .............................................. 39 2.3. Changes in New Turkish Cinema ............................................................... 50 3. Interaction Between Turkish Society and New Turkish Cinema ...................... 54 3.1. Social Changes of Muslims and its Reflections on New Turkish Cinema . 55 3.2. Secular Hegemony in Turkish Cinema ....................................................... 61 Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 74 References ............................................................................................................. 8

Yeşilçam Film Posters of the 60s and 70s: Representing Romance

Cinema and movie poster have the most powerful potential of establishing the ethos and mythology of people, and both assume an audience on the premises of a cultural context within which they are produced. So a movie poster contributing to mass communication through designed visual means contains a lot of information about film industry, evolution of design, craftsmanship, and the taste of the artists and society as well as standing for a strong evidence of its time. The decade 1965-1975 is important for Turkish cinema for being the golden years of this industry. Besides all the good memories associated with these posters, they indeed involve the history of Turkish cinema, graphic design as well as Turkish society. The great deal of labour involved, resulting from the poor resources of the period; design elements, typography, composition, the mistakes; all reflect the characteristics of then-Yeşilçam. Going over an archive of posters and with the help of interviews with designers, cinema historians and labourers, the article focuses on the relationship of design with the industry, technology and society. The Yeşilçam movie posters are analyzed through the methods of iconography as well as reception theory. And therefore as well as exploring their graphic and visual characteristics they would be placed in the context of the social life, the conditions of the movie industry in Turkey, the character of Yeşilçam Melodrama and evolution of Turkish movie poster. After a detailed research and observation, four categories are revealed as the most frequently seen types among the Turkish melodrama posters, according to the kind of images in relation to specific themes and concepts and the design schemas they use. These are “star posters”, “beefcake posters”, “phallic woman posters”, and “posters of movement”. The paper goes in detail how these categories are formed and their significance and their relation to the creation of the concept of romance. Keywords: Yeşilçam melodrama; film poster; graphic design; romance</p

The story of Turkish cinema

Taha Toros Arşivi, Dosya No: 185/A-Sinema Tarihiİstanbul Kalkınma Ajansı (TR10/14/YEN/0033) İstanbul Development Agency (TR10/14/YEN/0033

Istanbul 2006

ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006 A&nbsp;quarter of a century old, Istanbul International Film Festival (April 1-16, 2006) has come a long way. The galas, the distinguished guests - no less than Catherine Deneuve and G&eacute;rard Depardieu - special screenings, celebrations, homages, tributes, documentaries, films from the world film festivals, Turkish cinema, human rights and freedom to women sections, and last but not the least, the competition. In Istanbul, you can find more sections than the total number of films shown in some festivals. Then again, this is a festival that wears several hats: a film festival that tries to bring the best of the latest to its discerning audience; a showcase that aims at displaying the most recent crop of Turkish cinema to the foreign guests; and a two-week long cinematheque for the film lovers, trying to fill the gap left when the city's cinematheque was closed many years..

Ecomedia: Key Issues

Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally. Linking the world of media production, distribution, and consumption to environmental understandings, the book addresses ecological meanings encoded in media texts, the environmental impacts of media production, and the relationships between media and cultural perceptions of the environment. [From the publisher]https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/books/1084/thumbnail.jp