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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
FTV4901	Turkish Cinema I	Spring	3	0	3	5

This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi DENİZ GÜRGEN
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi DENİZ GÜRGEN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course aims to evaluate the cinema of Turkey before the 1990s in its socio-political, economical and cultural context.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. gain knowledge about the history of Turkish cinema
2. make connections between the history of Turkey and the cinema of Turkey
3. gain the ability to problematize the relationship between Turkish modernization process and its impact on cinema
4. gain the ability read films through different theories and perspectives.

Course Content

This course explores the socio-cultural, historical and ideological background of cinema in Turkey until the 1990s. The cinema of Turkey is evaluated in relation to the modernization process in Turkey and Turkish modernity. The narrative form and content of the chosen films are analyzed from multiple theoretical perspectives and films of particular eras in the cinema of Turkey are discussed in the context of concepts such as identity, migration, gender and urbanization.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Course Syllabus
2)	Discussions on the Concept of National Cinema	Aşk Filmlerinin Unutulmaz Yönetmeni (1990)
3)	The Modernization Process Cinema between 1910 and 1922 and film screening as a spectatorial practice The impact of traditional arts on cinema in Turkey The Period of Theater Men The Period of Transition	Films: Muhsin Ertuğrul- Ateşten Gömlek (1923) Muhsin Ertuğrul - Bir Millet Uyanıyor (1932) Lütfi Akad - Vurun Kahpeye (1949) Faruk Kenç - Yılmaz Ali (1940) Turgut Demirağ - Bir Dağ Masalı (1947)
3)	The Period of Cinema Men	Film: Lütfi Akad - Kanun Namına (1952)
4)	The Period of Cinema Men	Film: Memduh Ün - Üç Arkadaş (1958)
5)	Yeşilçam as an Industry	Arslan, Savaş. Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History, pp.97-124 Abisel, Nilgün. Türk Sinemasi Üzerine Yazilar
6)	Yeşilçam as an Industry II	Arslan, Savaş. Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History, pp.97-124 Abisel, Nilgün. Türk Sinemasi Üzerine Yazilar
7)	Genres and Narration in Yeşilçam	Arslan, Savaş. Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History, pp.125-199 Abisel, Nilgün. Çok Tuhaf Çok Tanıdık Vesikalı Yarim Üzerine
8)	Midterm
9)	Popular Cinema and Historiography: Historical Films of Independence War	Özgüç, Agah. Kurtuluş Savaşı Filmleri, Antrakt 1990 pp.14-19
10)	Yeşilçam in 80’s Cinema in Turkey in 90’s	Arslan, Savaş. Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History, pp. 201-272
11)	Auteur Cinema	Film: Ömer Kavur - Anayurt Oteli (1987)
12)	Women's Films	Film: Atıf Yılmaz - Adı Vasfiye (1985)
13)	Discussions on New Cinema in Turkey
14)	Final Presentations

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Abisel, Nilgün (2006). Türk Sineması Üzerine Yazılar. İstanbul: Phoenix Yayınları

Adanır, Oğuz (2006). Kültür, Politika ve Sinema. İstanbul: +1 yayınları

Akser, Murat (2009). Yılmaz Güney’s Beautiful Losers: Idiom and Performance in Turkish Political Film. Cinema and Politics: Turkish Cinema and Europe içinde. Deniz Bayrakdar (Ed.). UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Arslan, Savaş (2010). Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History. New York: Oxford University Press

Arslan, Umut Tümay (2010). Mazi Kabrinin Hortlakları. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları

Dönmez-Colin, Gönül (2008). Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging. London: Reaktion Books

Erdoğan, Nezih. “Yeşilçam’da Sessiz Bedenler, Bedensiz Sesler”. http://www.neziherdogan.net/articles/filmsoundtr/bedenses.htm

Erdoğan, Nezih (1995). “Ulusal Kimlik, Kolonyal Söylem ve Yeşilçam Melodramı”. Toplum ve Bilim. Sayı:67, ss.178-196

Evren, Burçak (2014). Yücel Çakmaklı: Milli Sinemanın Kurucusu. İstanbul: Küre Yayınları

Kayalı, Kurtuluş (1994). Yönetmenler Çerçevesinde Türk Sineması. Ankara: Ayyıldız Yayınları

Mutlu, Dilek Kaya (2007). “The Russian Monument at Ayastefanos: Between Defeat and Revenge, Remembering and Forgetting”. Middle Eastern Studies. 43:1, ss.75-86

Mutlu, Dilek Kaya (2010). “Between Tradition and Modernity: Yeşilçam Melodrama, Its Stars and Their Audiences”. Middle Eastern Studies. 46:3, ss.417-431

Özön, Nijat (2010). Türk Sineması Tarihi. İstanbul: Doruk Yayınları

Scognamillo, Giovanni (1998). Türk Sinema Tarihi. İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınları

References:

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments	1	% 10
Presentation	1	% 20
Project	1	% 30
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 30
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 70
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Workload
Course Hours	14	42
Study Hours Out of Class	13	48
Presentations / Seminar	1	5
Project	1	4
Homework Assignments	1	4
Midterms	2	12
Final	2	8
Total Workload		123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To be able to examine, interpret data and assess ideas with the scientific methods in the area of EU studies.	2
2)	To be able to inform authorities and institutions in the area of EU studies, to be able to transfer ideas and proposals supported by quantitative and qualitative data about the problems.	2
3)	To be introduced to and to get involved in other disciplines that EU studies are strongly related with (political science, international relations, law, economics, sociology, etc.) and to be able to conduct multi-disciplinary research and analysis on European politics.	3
4)	To be able to evaluate current news on European Union and Turkey-EU relations and identify, analyze current issues relating to the EU’s politics and policies.	2
5)	To be able to use English in written and oral communication in general and in the field of EU studies in particular.	1
6)	To have ethical, social and scientific values throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data related to EU studies.	1
7)	To be able to assess the historical development, functioning of the institutions and decision-making system and common policies of the European Union throughout its economic and political integration in a supranational framework.	2
8)	To be able to evaluate the current legal, financial and institutional changes that the EU is going through.	2
9)	To explain the dynamics of enlargement processes of the EU by identifying the main actors and institutions involved and compare previous enlargement processes and accession process of Turkey.	2
10)	To be able to analyze the influence of the EU on political, social and economic system of Turkey.	2
11)	To acquire insight in EU project culture and to build up project preparation skills in line with EU format and develop the ability to work in groups and cooperate with peers.	2
12)	To be able to recognize theories and concepts used by the discipline of international relations and relate them to the historical development of the EU as a unique post-War political project.	3