Use of space in Yeşilçam Cinema in the context of symbolization of traditional-modern dilemma

1960-1975 period of Turkish cinema is accepted as 'Yeşilçam'. These movies have embodied the modernization process of Turkey. Generally, in media and literature, Yeşilçam Cinema has been criticized as being deprived of creativity and are considered to be weak in terms of spatial fiction. Accordingly, few studies are to be found that investigating 'the use of space in the Yeşilçam Cinema' in the related literature. The main purpose of this paper to trace spatial symbols of traditional-modern dilemma’s conflicts in Yeşilçam Cinema. From this point of view, within the scope of this study, 66 movies were selected for a detailed analyse, which have strong signs about space using and traces of modernization critics. The main assertion of this study is that the use of space in Yeşilçam movies was not deprived of fiction and was not randomly selected and also spaces of them strongly represent the modernization discussions of their period.</p

Spatial Developments of Izmir Hospitals before Republic

The city of Izmir constitute many big scale hospital buildings, which constructed between 17th century and 19th century by minorities; and modernist health facilities of Republic period and also productions that has different architectural styles of the period of after 1980. There is not any comprehensive study about health facilities of the city and also about the spatial and architectural characteristics of them. In this paper, the hospital buildings of the period of before Republic are researched but predicated buildings that constructed really as a hospital on except transformed buildings. In consideration of the detailed literature review, it is aimed to introduce the notion of health in Izmir and its spatial reflections in Izmir, to document extant or absent hospitals and to criticize the spatial development of hospitals in the city. The hospitals were generally belonged to minorities and reflected the Western architectural trends of foreigner architects in the period of pre-Republic. However, neo-classic style, which was widespread in public buildings of Ottoman architecture, was seen in hospitals of Izmir