Sociology of the political movies in new Turkish cinema after 2000

In this study the movies “One The Way The School” (İki Dil Bir Bavul, Orhan Eskiköy and Özgür Dogan, 2009), MinDit (Miraz Bezar, 2010), “Press” (Sedat Yılmaz, 2010) and “Future Lasts Forever” (Gelecek Uzun Sürer, Özcan Alper, 2011) will be examined as these movies perfectly fit into the framework mentioned above. These movies were shot by directors who were in their early youth in 90s and witnessed the oppression on the vital rights of the Kurds such as education in the mother tongue, their armed and political organizations, and the murders by unknown assailants which reached a climax in 90s. These directors who were also the subjects of the issues they addressed used methods of sociology in their movies, based their artistic productions on realities, and recorded the historical and social process experienced.  In this study, how methods of sociology were used in the themes and narratives of these movies and how sociological data were presented will be examined, and efforts will be used to decipher the connection of cinema with sociology.    

The movie “One The Way The School” shows the necessity of education in the mother tongue and the efforts (hardship) of a Turkish teacher who cannot speak Kurdish to teach reading and writing to Kurdish children in Urfa .The movie “MinDit” that was shot in Diyarbakır where predominantly the Kurdish people live shows murders by unknown assailants backed by the government in 90s. The movie “Press” documents the pressure on Kurdish people at first hand and the closure of the newspaper Özgür Gündem printed in Kurdish-Turkish after the assassination of many of its correspondents by the government. The movie “Future Lasts Forever” adopts the oral history method to present the murders by unknown assailants in 90s with the stories of witnesses.