Abstract
Nuri Bilge Ceylan is the most famous Turkish film director with numerous international prizes. However, Ceylan’s presentation by the Turkish media is far from emphasizing his success, talent, creativity, style, technique, and cinematography. He often falls victim to undeserved and superficial criticism of “would be” critics who openly confess they did not watch Ceylan’s movies. He is sometimes portrayed as a political figure and critic of the present day Turkish politics and system. This article focuses on how two mainstream Turkish newspapers, columnists and microbloggers portrayed and reacted to Ceylan and his cinema after his film Winter Sleep won the top prize (the Golden Palm) at Cannes Film Festival in 2014 and the reasons behind this portrayal.
Highlights
Value of art and artists has been an issue of ongoing debate in Turkey
When the Turkish cinema celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in 2014, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, a renowned Turkish film director with who had proven his value with numerous international prizes, gave Turkish cinema a great gift: the Golden Palm
The main aim of this study is to elaborate on how Ceylan, one of the most successful film directors of the present day Turkish cinema, is perceived and presented in the mainstream Turkish media
Summary
Value of art and artists has been an issue of ongoing debate in Turkey. It is often argued that artists and especially “genuine” artists can hardly be popular and receive the respect they deserve. Even though there is no agreement on the qualifications to distinguish between “genuine” and other artists, almost everybody blames mass media for under- and misrepresentation of “genuine” artists. Despite this widespread criticism, there is little academic research on the presentation of artists in mass media. We have not encountered any academic works that focus on how artists that brought international prizes to Turkey in the field of cinema, painting, music, sculpture, ceramics, architecture etc. When the Turkish cinema celebrated its one hundredth anniversary in 2014, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, a renowned Turkish film director with who had proven his value with numerous international prizes, gave Turkish cinema a great gift: the Golden Palm. The main aim of this study is to elaborate on how Ceylan, one of the most successful film directors of the present day Turkish cinema, is perceived and presented in the mainstream Turkish media
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