ARABESQUE MUSIC AND STAGE PERIOD IN TURKISH
CINEMA: THE EXAMPLE OF "BATAN GUNES" Cover Image

TÜRK SİNEMASI’NDA ARABESK MÜZİK VE SAHNE DÖNEMİ: “BATAN GÜNEŞ” FİLMİ ÖRNEĞİ
ARABESQUE MUSIC AND STAGE PERIOD IN TURKISH CINEMA: THE EXAMPLE OF "BATAN GUNES"

Author(s): Gökhan Kuzucanlı, Ekrem Çelikiz
Subject(s): Music, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Sanat ve Dil Araştırmaları Enstitüsü
Keywords: Cinema, Arabesque; Migration; Popular Culture; Arabesque Music;

Summary/Abstract: The life style and expectations of the society, political, economic situation and dominant culture in the society affect the performance of art. Cinema has affects all positive and negative changes in society. Since the beginning of the 1970s, negative situations such as migration, industrialization, shanty housing and poverty have caused the directors to arabesque cinema due to various social and economic reasons. The vocal artists of the period who could not find opportunity to appear on television sustained their popularity and made their compositions public by playing starring roles in such movies. This study focuses on the arabesque music which took part in Turkish cinema from the 1970s to the end of 1980s. In this study, literature review is made and general characteristics and structure of arabesque cinema is emphasized. In the history of Turkish cinema, the artifacts determined by the arabesque music phenomenon were searched through discourse analysis.

  • Issue Year: 7/2019
  • Issue No: 37
  • Page Range: 399-406
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Turkish