The Reflections of Politics to Turkish Cinema (1950-1986)

Authors : Burcu Belli

Pages : 172-202

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Publication Date : 2017-12-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :The main purpose of this paper is to show the political developments of Turkey, its reflection to Turkish cinema from 1950 when the multi- party life began in Turkish politics to 1986. The paper is consisted of four main chapters, in the first chapter the meaning of multi-party in Turkey is explained, the political and social atmosphere of DP between 1950 and 1960 is shown. The movies that are significant for this paper are presented and criticized. In the second part, the coup d’état in 1960 and its results in terms of political life and cinema is explained. In the next part, the conjecture of 1970s and two important names who shaped the Turkish cinema during this decade and later are presented and their movies are criticized. In the last part, another political coup in 1980 is shown, its political and social results are followed by the movies. 
Keywords : Politics, Cinema, Movie, Coup Détat, Reality, Actors