Cinematic Views on Critical Representations of the Economic Policies of the Democrat Party Era: Social Realist Film Initiatives in Turkish Cinema

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https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2023.569

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Democrat Party, Economic Liberalism, Class Differences, Internal Migration, Social Realist Cinema

Abstract

The Democrat Party era (1950-1960) sparked radical changes in Turkey. The economic practices of the party administration during the country's administration, as well as some of the negativities it created in the political and social field, have long been on Turkey's agenda. This agenda continued even after the May 27th 1960 Military Coup removed the party from power. The Turkish Constitution of 1961, which was put into effect after the coup, created an environment suitable for looking at various problems of society from different perspectives. This environment was also reflected in the cinema, paving the way for the birth of a movement called Social Realism in Turkish Cinema. It is thought that the Social Realist Movement (1960-1965) and some of the films shot under the influence of this movement mirror the economic policies implemented during the Democrat Party era and the adverse developments it brought with it. In the study, the reflections on the harmful effects of the Democrat Party's economic policies on social realist films in Turkish Cinema are discussed. The films selected within the scope of the study were criticized through critical discourse analysis, historical, sociological, and ideological criticism methods, and the political, sociological, and class aspects of the Democrat Party's policies, as well as their economic aspects, were analyzed.

Author Biography

Betül Sarı Aksakal, Manisa Celal Bayar University

I was born in 1991 in İzmir. I graduated from Ege University, Department of Economics in 2013. Then I completed my master's degree at Hacettepe University Department of Economics in English. I still continue my doctorate education at the same university and department. At the same time, I have been working as a Research Assistant at the Department of Economics of Manisa Celal Bayar University for 4 years. I have previously worked at Dicle University and Hacettepe University Department of Economics. I mainly study Political Economy, Economic History, and Economic Thought. Another area of my interest is Cinema. I continue to work in the axis of Cinema, Economics, Politics and Sociology.

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Sarı Aksakal, B. (2023). Cinematic Views on Critical Representations of the Economic Policies of the Democrat Party Era: Social Realist Film Initiatives in Turkish Cinema. CINEJ Cinema Journal, 11(2), 275–332. https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2023.569

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