Zeitschrift für die Welt der Türken (Aug 2017)

THE REFLECTIONS OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES IN TURKISH CINEMA AS THE SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION FACTOR

  • Ozan ÖZPAY

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 2
pp. 217 – 236

Abstract

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Cinema is one of the most influential fields of art in the social transfer of economic, cultural and social values, political, political ethical acceptance and everyday life practices. In this context, cinema discuss sometimes global and sometimes regional issues and sometimes it plays a role in introducing country economy and industrial product. One of these products is transportation vehicles. Turkish cinema has often featured films including social and socio-political issues, cultural values, national identity protection regional issues and regional issues that claim to make traditional performing. In addition, due to the political, economic and social transformations of the countries, industrial products are occasionally brought together with Turkish society as an object embedded. The study within this framework aimed to read on cinema area the process of shaping everday life as the social transformation factor of transportation vehicles. In article has created the universe and the sampling area with reference to two different limiting criteria. Primarily, in the study which is focused on historical process, has determined between 1950 and 1970 period and also to the until today from 1970 period. Considering the diversity of transportation vehicles in this study, has considered on the species concept as a second limiting criterion and automobile and train objects were further introduced, however, in reference to a few films examples, the minibüs has also utilized in this study. In the research process has tried to be analyzed through descriptive analysis the data obtained by the document scanning method. As a result of the study, it is seen that the reflect different dimensions to the Turkish cinema of the transportation vehicles as an element of social transformation in accordance with the political, social and economic approaches of the country.

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