Abstract
This study in general examines the representation of women in Turkish cinema with a retrospective evaluation and tries to understand the present condition, specifically it examines the ways in which women were treated in the films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan, one of the most important directors of Turkish cinema in the recent period. The study focuses on Climate, Three Monkeys, Once Upon A Time in Anatolia and Winter Sleep named movies of Ceylan, and these movies were analysed with the qualitative content analysis method. According to the findings of the study, in his films Ceylan generally picks men as the main characters. In his own words, he finds men's world more complicated and fragmented and women are the secondary characters who are suppressed under patriarchal structure and male domination.
Highlights
The art is a reflection of the life and the woman is one of the universal themes of the art that is inspired by the life
When we look at the history of Turkish cinema, we see that it is shaped in the framework of political, social, economic and cultural changes and transformations
When we look at the history of the Turkish cinema, it is apparent that periods are differentiated in relation to these values, and film production is shaped according to these periodical differentiations
Summary
The art is a reflection of the life and the woman is one of the universal themes of the art that is inspired by the life. When we look at the history of Turkish cinema, we see that it is shaped in the framework of political, social, economic and cultural changes and transformations Similar to these phenomena, Turkish cinema too pass through a fluctuating transformation process. Turkish cinema too pass through a fluctuating transformation process In these transformation process, the woman in the cultural codes of the society, was screened for a long period with her objectified identity without crossing the lolita image of the patriarchal structure. The woman in the cultural codes of the society, was screened for a long period with her objectified identity without crossing the lolita image of the patriarchal structure In this context, presentation of woman as an objectified identity in the media, especially in the contents of cinema and television, may contribute to ‘the legitimization and reproduction of unequal gender roles’ in a society Presentation of woman as an objectified identity in the media, especially in the contents of cinema and television, may contribute to ‘the legitimization and reproduction of unequal gender roles’ in a society (Işık and Eşitti 2015, p. 121)
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