Understanding Turkey Through 6 Films
Burcu Karahan, Lecturer in Turkish Language and Literature at Stanford University, teaches a course on “Understanding Turkey Through Film,” which includes a series of film screenings that are open to the public. The series is also a part of the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies’ annual conference on Turkey.
In an article for the Global Perspectives blog, Karahan explains how important milestones in the cinema of Turkey have always been closely related to the political developments in the country--such as the recent referendum and coup attempt.
She outlines six films to watch, which will also be screened at Stanford during the spring quarter. These screenings will be the North American premiere for all but one of the films, and will include appearances by some of the directors, who will share their perspectives on the new directions in Turkish cinema and how their work is rooted in the social and political changes in the country.
This course and film series is a collaboration between the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, the Department of Comparative Literature, and Stanford Arts.