![]() Yeşilçam cinema reached its heyday during the 1960s and 1970s creating big stars and audiences, both domestically and in the Middle East, and producing a stunning number of 200 films a year. Read this Stanford Humanities Center article for more about Turkish film posters. The illustrated poster for Supermenler (1979), which borrows heavily from the poster used to promote the American superhero film. Yeşilçam produced comedies and melodramas, most of which were overtly plagiarized from Hollywood movies, and thematically in line with the populist policies of the Democratic Party - the party to win the first multi-party elections. Yeşilçam, the name of the popular cinema in Turkey, gained popularity in the early 1950s as Turkey transitioned from a single-party regime to multi-party democracy. The important milestones in the cinema of Turkey have always been closely related to the political developments in the country. During the post-coup crackdown, more than 200 journalists have been arrested 150 media outlets have been shut down over 4,000 judges & prosecutors have been dismissed along with more than 7,000 academics 130,000 government officials have been sacked and the Kurdish opposition party leaders and MPs have been imprisoned and “No” campaigners have consistently been intimidated and imprisoned. A close-up analysis of the results reveals that Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost in major cities and lost their tight grip on their voter base despite the fact that the referendum was held in unfair conditions, under a state of emergency that was introduced in July 2016. ![]() Moreover, they find hope in the thin-razor loss. The amendments were approved by a very slim margin: 51% to 49%.Īlthough the result of the referendum has largely been considered a radical change for Turkey and a victory for President Erdogan by the international media, the “No” camp does not perceive the result as a change, but rather as official labeling of what was already a reality in Turkey: a one-man authoritarian rule. The people of Turkey voted in a historical referendum on Sunday, April 16, to make amendments to Turkey’s constitution, and to change the country’s parliamentary democracy into an executive presidency that will provide the head of state with unconstrained executive and legislative powers. The series is also a part of the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies’ annual conference. Karahan is currently teaching a course on “ Understanding Turkey Through Film ,” which includes a series of film screenings that are open to the public. By Burcu Karahan, Lecturer in Turkish Language and Literature at Stanford University.
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