Secular and religious Istanbul in the Turkish cinema

Occupation: Research Fellow, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Natalia Kazurova

Affiliation: Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera), Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Journal name

Asia and Africa Today

Edition

Issue 9

Pages

73-79

Abstract

Istanbul - the center of the cultural life of Turkey - became an essential part of feature movies. We can see rich side of the city in the popular TV series and films, while mosques and minarets are demonstrated in movies with theological and mystical plots. Bridges, lonely street benches and far deserted yards are favorite filling of Turkish art house.

lu, Zeki Demirkubuz. Great palaces and poor high-rise buildings of Istanbul are the native symbols for directors who live outside Turkey. At times hard or on the contrary lyrical film works sound like clear resonant echo in Being of Turkish megapolis.

Living in Istanbul, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, means to undergo the influence of the Eastern and Western myths. Moreover for many Turks, Istanbul has many opposite meanings. On the one hand, it is dirty, overpopulated, criminal, too big and too cruel; on the other hand, this is a place of endless and impressive opportunities, great hopes, glory and luck.

This article is dedicated to description Istanbul way of life through the national cinema. Scientific methods of the present exploration are approaches of cultural anthropology and film studies.

Keywords

Islam, Sufism, National Cinema, Istanbul, Turkey, Turkish New Wave

Received

30.09.2018

Publication date

15.10.2018

Number of characters

27110

Cite

GOST	Vasiltsov K., Kazurova N. Secular and religious Istanbul in the Turkish cinema // Asia and Africa Today – 2018. – Issue 9 C. 73-79 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://asaf-today.ru/S032150750000695-6-1 (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S032150750000695-6
MLA	Vasiltsov, Konstantin, Kazurova, Natalia "Secular and religious Istanbul in the Turkish cinema." Asia and Africa Today 9 (2018):73-79. DOI: 10.31857/S032150750000695-6
APA	Vasiltsov K., Kazurova N. (2018). Secular and religious Istanbul in the Turkish cinema. Asia and Africa Today (9), pp.73-79 DOI: 10.31857/S032150750000695-6

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