the destruction of istanbul city myth in the 90's turkish cinema

As an interdisciplinary venture, the focus of attention of this study is on examining the interrelation between the city and cinema in terms of myth. In that vein, highlighting the mythical character of the urban context as it finds expression by the cinematic medium, it is aimed at revealing the (re)creation of city myth through cinema, which is an elaborate perceptive vehicle for a specific way of picturing and enframing the cityscape. Specifically speaking, the destruction of the city myth of Istanbul which has hitherto been (re)produced in Turkish cinema will be examined through the prominent examples of the 90's Turkish films in the light of the historical changes in the spatial and social representation of Istanbul.

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She is a Ph.D candidate and research assistant in the Department of Sociology at Middle East Technical University. She is about to finish her dissertation on women's experience of the public space in urban everyday life. This book is her master research, which was awarded Young Social Scientists Prize by the Turkish Social Sciences Association.