Issue of External Migration in Turkish Cinema: Socio-Cultural Encounters, Identity Conflict and Alienation
The problem of migration that emerged during the 1950s in Turkey as one of the most important sources of urban problems still continues today. Particularly emerging as a result of social and economic factors, migration paves the way for diverse transformations in social and cultural spheres. Especia...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Marmara University
2016-11-01
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| Series: | Marmara İletişim Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/219491 |
| Summary: | The problem of migration that emerged during the 1950s in Turkey as one of the most important sources of urban problems still continues today. Particularly emerging as a result of social and economic factors, migration paves the way for diverse transformations in social and cultural spheres. Especially recent happenings such as large migration flows in the Middle East, Asia and Africa and the dramatic process of civil war in Syria necessitate the detailed analysis of the issue of migration. Internal and external migration are important themes narrated by Turkish cinema. Directors and producers have not stayed neutral to this phenomenon that had deep effects on social life and narrated this issue in their movies in different eras. is study examines the movies Otobüs (1974), El Kapısı (1974) and 40m2 Almanya (1986) with philosophical, sociological and psychological dimensions based on the methods of cinematic dramaturgy and discourse analysis. It is observed that the problems of East-West dichotomy, alienation and otherization are stressed in these movies. The aim for choosing this subject matter as an object of study is to analyze the ways external immigration is represented in the Turkish cinema before the 1990s and thus to remind that Turkish citizens were once upon a time migrants “on others’ doors” and have experienced the similar tragedies lived by the Syrian refugees today, and hence to contribute to the development of empathy towards the Syrian refugees. |
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| ISSN: | 1300-4050 2529-0053 |