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GEAR 305 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name

Turkish Cinema

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
GEAR 305	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Service Course
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	-
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Öğr. Gör. Dr. Serkan ŞAVK
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives

This course introduces the emergence and transformation of the film industry in Turkey from a historical perspective until 1990s.

Learning Outcomes

#	Content	PC Sub	* Contribution Level
#	Content	PC Sub	1	2	3	4	5
1	identify the major movements, waves, and periods in the history of cinema in Turkey
2	discuss the fundamental issues regarding the emergence and development of the film industry in Turkey
3	discuss the major Turkish films and filmmakers within a historical and artistic context
4	apply their knowledge on the history of cinema in Turkey to the analysis of newly produced films
5	define the differences between national film industries and transnational filmmaking practices from a historical perspective.

Course Description

The course includes the following topics and related discussions: Historical development and transformation of the film industry in Turkey; production mode, aesthetic features and narrative structure of Yeşilçam industry; leading filmmakers and their films; identity, politics and transnationalism issues; major debates on the history of cinema in Turkey. The evaluation system includes three criteria: One film review (assignment), one data driven film analysis (project) and one response paper (mid-term). This course is conducted in English however, some of the films listed in the outline are not available with English subtitles. Therefore, this course is recommended for the students who have minimum competence in Turkish.

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation	Learning Outcome
1	Introduction How to avoid plagiarism?
2	Debates on the historiography of cinema in Turkey Films: Selected early films by Lumiere Brothers and Thomas Edison. Georges Méliès, A Trip to the Moon (1902) Coen Brothers, World Cinema (2007)	Dilek Kaya Mutlu, “The Russian Monument at Ayastefanos (San Stefano): Between Defeat and Revenge, Remembering and Forgetting”, Middle East Studies 43:1 (2007); Savaş Arslan, “Introduction” in Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History, Oxford University Press: 2011.
3	Production and movie-going in Turkey before 1950 Films: Muhsin Ertuğrul, Aysel Bataklı Damın Kızı (1935) Muhsin Ertuğrul, Kahveci Güzeli (1941)	Savaş Arslan “Pre-Yeşilçam: Cinema in Turkey until the Late 1940s” in Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History, Oxford University Press: 2011.
4	Early masters of a late industry: The “cinema artists” generation Films: Lütfi Akad, Kanun Namına (1952) Osman Seden, Düşman Yolları Kesti (1959)	Savaş Arslan, “Early Yeşilçam: The Advent of Yeşilçam in the 1950s” in Cinema in Turkey: A New Critical History, Oxford University Press: 2011.
5	Movements and waves I: Social realism and new realism Films: Metin Erksan, Susuz Yaz (1963) Yılmaz Güney, Umut (1970)	Kurtuluş Kayalı, Metin Erksan Sinemasını Okumayı Denemek, Dost: 2004, pp. 77-90;
6	Movements and waves II: “Ulusal” and “Millî” cinemas Films: Halit Refiğ, Bir Türk’e Gönül Verdim (1969) Yücel Çakmaklı, Birleşen Yollar (1970)	Halit Refiğ, “En Doğru Yargılayıcı Tarihtir” in Ulusal Sinema Kavgası, Dergâh: 2009. Burçak Evren, “Yeşilçam ve İnanç Sineması” in Yücel Çakmaklı: Milli Sinemanın Kurucusu, Küre: 2014.
7	Yeşilçam I: Production and distribution Films: Yavuz Turgul, Aşk Filmlerinin Unutulmaz Yönetmeni (1990) Cem Kaya, Remake, Remix, Rip-Off (2014)	Nilgün Abisel, “Türk Sinemasında Film Yapımı Üzerine Notlar” in Türk Sineması Üzerine Yazılar, Phoenix: 2005.
8	Yeşilçam I: Genres and narration Films: Orhan Aksoy, Samanyolu (1967) Çetin İnanç, Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (1982)	Nezih Erdoğan, “Narratives of Resistance: National Identity and Ambivalance in the Turkish Melodrama between 1965 and 1975”, Screen 39:3 (1998); Paul Willemen, “The Zoom in Popular Cinema: A Question of Performance”, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (2013).
9	Migration and urbanization Films: Halit Refiğ, Gurbet Kuşları (1964) Kartal Tibet, Sultan (1978)	Gönül Dönmez-Colin, “Migration, Dis/Misplacement and Exile”, in Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging, Reaktion Books: 2008.
10	Political cinema Films: Zeki Ökten, Askerin Dönüşü (1974) Şerif Gören, Yol (1981)	(Court documents and censorship reports)
11	Gender Films: Lütfi Akad, Vesikalı Yarim (1968) Atıf Yılmaz, Dul Bir Kadın (1985)	Gönül Dönmez-Colin, “Gender, Sexuality and Morals in Transition”, in Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging, Reaktion Books: 2008
12	Women filmmakers Films Türkan Şoray, Dönüş (1972) Bilge Olgaç, Gülüşan (1985)	Feryal Saygılıgil, “Bilge Olgaç’ın Gülüşan Film için Bir Okuma Denemesi,” Sinecine 2, 2010.
13	Transnationalism Films: Tunç Okan, Mercedes Mon Amour (1987)	Nejat Ulusay, “A Transformational Experience within the Contexts of ‘National’ and ‘Transnational’: The Case of Turkish Cinema” in Imaginaries Out of Place: Cinema, Transnationalism and Turkey, Gökçen Karanfil and Serkan Şavk (eds.), Cambridge Scholars Publishing: 2012.
14	Evaluation of the assignments
15	Review of the semester
16	Final Exam

Course Notes/Textbooks
Suggested Readings/Materials

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weighting	LO 1	LO 2	LO 3	LO 4	LO 5
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	2	50
Presentation / Jury
Project	1	40
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	4	100
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	2	8	16
Presentation / Jury			0
Project	1	14	14
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms			0
Final Exam			0
		Total	120

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

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			1	2	3	4	5

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