SOCIOLOGY
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
FTV4902	Turkish Cinema II	Fall	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 GÖNÜL EDA ÖZGÜL
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi GÖNÜL EDA ÖZGÜL
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	This course aims to evaluate the cinema of Turkey after the 1990s in relation to the social, cultural, economic and political transformation of Turkish society. It aims to provide students the theoretical frame that is necessary to discuss some key issues in film studies as well as in Turkish society.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Develop a critical perspective regarding the new cinema of Turkey;
2. Develop an understanding regarding the socio-political context of films;
3. Explore some key issues in film studies in relation to developments in society;
4. Explore different forms of narration and understand the way of seeing that they produce;
5. Develop an understanding regarding the modernization process in Turkey.

Course Content

This course aims to evaluate the cinema of Turkey after the 1990s in relation to the social, cultural, economic and political transformations in Turkish society. It aims to provide students the theoretical frame that is necessary to discuss some key issues in film studies as well as in Turkish society. The cinema of Turkey is evaluated in relation to the modernization process in Turkey in this course. The narrative form and content of the chosen films will be analyzed from multiple theoretical perspectives and the new wave cinema in Turkey will be discussed in relation with concepts such as justice, ethics, identity (national, ethnic, sexual etc.), tradition and modernity.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction
2)	Cinema of Turkey: Historical Context I
3)	Cinema of Turkey: Historical Context II
4)	New Cinema of Turkey: Introduction to Main Concepts
5)	New Political Cinema and the Return of the Repressed	Journey to the Sun (Yeşim Ustaoğlu, 1999) [PN 1997.G86 2004]
6)	The City in New Turkish Cinema: Home and the Other	Distant (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2002) [PN 1995.9 .F67U93 [2005]
7)	The Cinema of Zeki Demirkubuz: Absoluteness and Ambiguity	Third Page (Zeki Demirkubuz, 1999)
8)	The Cinema of Reha Erdem: The Instinctual	Kosmos (Reha Erdem, 2010)
9)	Paper Presentations
10)
10)	The Cinema of Semih Kaplanoğlu: Tradition as Style	Egg (Semih Kaplanoğlu, 2007) [PN 1997.2.Y87 2007]
11)	The Minimalism of the Everyday	Yozgat Blues (Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun, 2013) [PN 1997.2.Y69 2013]
12)	New Political Cinema	Frenzy (Emin Alper, 2015)
13)	New New Cinema: Dualities Questioned
14)	Homesickness	Inflame (Ceylan Özgün Özçelik, 2017)

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Önerilen Okuma Listesi:

Abisel, Nilgün (2006). Türk Sineması Üzerine Yazılar. İstanbul: Phoenix Yayınları [PN 1993.5 .T9A24 1994]
Abisel, Nilgün (2013). Çok Tuhaf, Çok Tanıdık. İkinci Basım. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları [PN 1995.Ç65 2005]
Adanır, Oğuz (2006). Kültür, Politika ve Sinema. İstanbul: +1 yayınları [PN 1993.5 .T8A33 2006]
Arslan, Savaş (2010). Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History. New York: Oxford University Press [PN 1993.5 .T8A77 2011]
Arslan, Umut Tümay (2010). Mazi Kabrinin Hortlakları. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları [PN 1995.9 .S6A77 2010]
Arslan, Umut Tümay (2005). Bu Kabuslar Neden Cemil. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları [PN 1993.5.A77 2005]
Dönmez-Colin, Gönül (2008). Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging. London: Reaktion Books [PN 1993.5 .T8D66 2008]
Erdoğan, Nezih (2017). Sinemanın İstanbul’da İlk Yılları Modernlik ve Seyir Maceraları. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları [PN 1993.5 .T8E73 2017]
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 [https://www.academia.edu/24560438/Ulusal_Kimlik_Kolonyal_Söylem_ve_Yeşilçam_Melodramı]
Mutlu, Dilek Kaya (2010). “Between Tradition and Modernity: Yeşilçam Melodrama, Its Stars and Their Audiences”. Middle Eastern Studies. 46:3, ss.417-431 [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233063189_Between_Tradition_and_Modernity_Yesilcam_Melodrama_its_Stars_and_their_Audiences]
Scognamillo, Giovanni (1998). Türk Sinema Tarihi. İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınları [PN 1993.5 .T84S36 2003]
Suner, Asuman (2009). New Turkish Cinema: Belonging, Identity, and Memory. London: I.B. Tauris. [PN 1993.5 .T8S86 2010]

References:

Recommended Reading List:

Abisel, Nilgün (2006). Türk Sineması Üzerine Yazılar. İstanbul: Phoenix Yayınları [PN 1993.5 .T9A24 1994]
Abisel, Nilgün (2013). Çok Tuhaf, Çok Tanıdık. İkinci Basım. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları [PN 1995.Ç65 2005]
Adanır, Oğuz (2006). Kültür, Politika ve Sinema. İstanbul: +1 yayınları [PN 1993.5 .T8A33 2006]
Arslan, Savaş (2010). Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History. New York: Oxford University Press [PN 1993.5 .T8A77 2011]
Arslan, Umut Tümay (2010). Mazi Kabrinin Hortlakları. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları [PN 1995.9 .S6A77 2010]
Arslan, Umut Tümay (2005). Bu Kabuslar Neden Cemil. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları [PN 1993.5.A77 2005]
Dönmez-Colin, Gönül (2008). Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging. London: Reaktion Books [PN 1993.5 .T8D66 2008]
Erdoğan, Nezih (2017). Sinemanın İstanbul’da İlk Yılları Modernlik ve Seyir Maceraları. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları [PN 1993.5 .T8E73 2017]
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 [https://www.academia.edu/24560438/Ulusal_Kimlik_Kolonyal_Söylem_ve_Yeşilçam_Melodramı]
Mutlu, Dilek Kaya (2010). “Between Tradition and Modernity: Yeşilçam Melodrama, Its Stars and Their Audiences”. Middle Eastern Studies. 46:3, ss.417-431 [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233063189_Between_Tradition_and_Modernity_Yesilcam_Melodrama_its_Stars_and_their_Audiences]
Scognamillo, Giovanni (1998). Türk Sinema Tarihi. İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayınları [PN 1993.5 .T84S36 2003]
Suner, Asuman (2009). New Turkish Cinema: Belonging, Identity, and Memory. London: I.B. Tauris. [PN 1993.5 .T8S86 2010]

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Attendance	14	% 10
Homework Assignments	1	% 30
Presentation	1	% 20
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	13	6	78
Presentations / Seminar	1	2	2
Homework Assignments	1	2	2
Final	1	3	3
Total Workload			127

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 learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions.
2)	To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels
3)	To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences.
4)	To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes
5)	To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills
6)	To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields.
7)	To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime.
8)	To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective
9)	To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge
10)	To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects
11)	To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member.
12)	To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school.