Turkish Cinema

Coursebook

The book used in this course is a compilation of articles and book-excerpts. Ask for the RTVF 469 Reader.

You can get the Reader at Yapı Kırtasiye.


Office Hours

Wednesday 10.30-12.30
Thirsday 11.30-12.30
Friday 11.30-12.30


Course Outline

Week 1 Introduction: The Concept of “National Cinema”.
Week 2 Historical Background: Ottoman Society during the 19th Century.
Week 3 Dead of an Empire, Birth of a Nation: Cinema in the last days of the Ottoman Empire.
Week 4 From the Republic to the End of World War II: The Film Market between 1923-1945.
Week 5 Genre, Directors, Actors Until the End of World War II.
Week 6 The Rise of Yeşilçam and the Golden Age of the Turkish Film Industry.

Mid-Term

Week 7 Yeşilçam I: Genre, Directors, Actors: 1950-1965.
Week 8 Yeşilçam II: Genre, Directors, Actors: 1966-1980.
Week 9 A Controversial Director: Yılmaz Güney. (Overview of Political Films in general)
Week 10 The 1980s and the Crisis of the Yeşilçam System: The Impact of TV and Video.
Week 11 The Re-structuration of the Turkish Film Market During the 1990s and the Rise of the New Mainstream Cinema.
Week 12 New Generation of Directors: Ömer Kavur, Zeki Demirkubuz, Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Week 13 Diaspora (and Controversy): Ferzan Özpetek, Fatih Akın, (Derviş Zaim).
Week 14 The Future of (Turkish) Cinema.

Final