Abstract
The Relationship between Immigration and Identity in Turkish Cinema from the 1950s to the Present
Migration refers to people leaving the region they are in and going to a different region for the purpose of settlement. It is done in two ways, as internal and external migration. While external migration refers to the migration from one country to another, internal migration includes migration within the borders of the country. Cinema, as a mirror reflecting society, allows the situations and changes in the society to be observed, and at the same time, academic studies can use cinema as a data source. This study aims to examine the reflections of migration on identity through sample films in Turkish Cinema from the 1950s to the present. In the study, a sociological analysis method was used in order to reveal the changes in the social structure and identity relationships due to migration. In the results, it has been observed that internal migration in Turkey has been at a high level since the 1950s. It has been found that the reason for the high level of internal migration varied over time due to industrialization, mechanization in agriculture, and state policies. From the opposing point of view, it has been observed that due to the decrease of job opportunities in villages, people migrated to big cities. These migrants could not adapt to the city life in which they had just settled, however, and these incompatibilities caused identity crises in the migrants.
Keywords
Cinema, Turkish Cinema, immigration, identity
