The Search for Value in the New Turkish Cinema: Creating Values or Creating Appropriate Conditions for It

Cenk Ateş

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The Search for Value in the New Turkish Cinema: Creating Values or Creating Appropriate Conditions for It

Authors:

Cenk Ateş

Publisher:

Bursa Uludağ University

Main Topics:

Felsefe

Journal:

Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.776-804

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001299184

pISSN:

2645-8950

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 Abstract This study problematizes New Turkish Cinema through the concept of value and takes Zeki Demirkubuz and Reha Erdem from the universe of independent directors as an example. The fact that both directors have common philosophical projections in their films makes this choice meaningful. The question sought to be answered in the study is how both directors responded in their films to the attempt to overcome the sense of worthlessness created by modernism on the individual. This study, which was designed on a qualitative pattern and used the parameters of philosophical analysis, was limited to the cinema of Zeki Demirkubuz and Reha Erdem, and it was assumed that the effort to create new value to overcome nihilism in New Turkish Cinema could not be mentioned apart from these two directors. The findings show that Zeki Demirkubuz and Reha Erdems films show new life possibilities to the audience, and they focus on the creation or constitution of a space of freedom for a new creation, not exploration in the search for value. In other words, it can be said that both directors, following the footsteps of Nietzsche, Camus and Sartre, give priority to destruction rather than construction in their films and that this destruction is functional in terms of showing the audience new life possibilities.

 Abstract This study problematizes New Turkish Cinema through the concept of value and takes Zeki Demirkubuz and Reha Erdem from the universe of independent directors as an example. The fact that both directors have common philosophical projections in their films makes this choice meaningful. The question sought to be answered in the study is how both directors responded in their films to the attempt to overcome the sense of worthlessness created by modernism on the individual. This study, which was designed on a qualitative pattern and used the parameters of philosophical analysis, was limited to the cinema of Zeki Demirkubuz and Reha Erdem, and it was assumed that the effort to create new value to overcome nihilism in New Turkish Cinema could not be mentioned apart from these two directors. The findings show that Zeki Demirkubuz and Reha Erdems films show new life possibilities to the audience, and they focus on the creation or constitution of a space of freedom for a new creation, not exploration in the search for value. In other words, it can be said that both directors, following the footsteps of Nietzsche, Camus and Sartre, give priority to destruction rather than construction in their films and that this destruction is functional in terms of showing the audience new life possibilities.

 Abstract This study problematizes New Turkish Cinema through the concept of value and takes Zeki Demirkubuz and Reha Erdem from the universe of independent directors as an example. The fact that both directors have common philosophical projections in their films makes this choice meaningful. The question sought to be answered in the study is how both directors responded in their films to the attempt to overcome the sense of worthlessness created by modernism on the individual. This study, which was designed on a qualitative pattern and used the parameters of philosophical analysis, was limited to the cinema of Zeki Demirkubuz and Reha Erdem, and it was assumed that the effort to create new value to overcome nihilism in New Turkish Cinema could not be mentioned apart from these two directors. The findings show that Zeki Demirkubuz and Reha Erdems films show new life possibilities to the audience, and they focus on the creation or constitution of a space of freedom for a new creation, not exploration in the search for value. In other words, it can be said that both directors, following the footsteps of Nietzsche, Camus and Sartre, give priority to destruction rather than construction in their films and that this destruction is functional in terms of showing the audience new life possibilities.

 Bu çalışma, Yeni Türk Sinemasını değer kavramı üzerinden sorunsallaştırmakta; bağımsız yönetmenler evrenselinden Zeki Demirkubuz ve Reha Erdemi örnekleme almaktadır. Her iki yönetmenin de filmlerinde ortak felsefi izdüşümleri barındırıyor oluşu bu seçimi anlamlı kılmaktadır. Çalışmada yanıtı aranan soru, her iki yönetmenin modernizmin birey üzerinde yarattığı değersizlik duygusunu aşma girişimine filmlerinde nasıl cevap verdiği üzerinedir. Nitel desen üzerine tasarımlanan ve felsefi çözümlemenin parametrelerinden yararlanılan çalışma Zeki Demirkubuz ve Reha Erdem sinemasıyla sınırlandırılmış; Yeni Türk Sinemasında nihilizmi aşmak için yeni değer yaratma çabasının bu iki yönetmen dışında söz konusu edilemeyeceği varsayılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular, Zeki Demirkubuz ve Reha Erdemin filmlerinde, seyirciye yeni yaşam olanakları gösterdiğini, değer arayışında keşfe değil, yaratıma ya da yeni bir yaratım için özgürlük alanı oluşturmaya odaklandıklarını göstermektedir. Eş deyişle Nietzsche, Camus ve Sartreın izinden giden her iki yönetmenin de filmlerinde önceliği yapmaya değil yıkmaya verdiği, bu yıkımın seyirciye yeni yaşam olanakları göstermek anlamında işlevsel olduğu söylenebilir.

Article Details

The Search for Value in the New Turkish Cinema: Creating Values or Creating Appropriate Conditions for It

Authors:

Cenk Ateş

Publisher:

Bursa Uludağ University

Main Topics:

Felsefe

Journal:

Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.776-804

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001299184

pISSN:

2645-8950

New Turkish Cinema

Search For Value

Destroying Values

Creating New ValueYeni Türk Sineması

Değer Arayışı

Değerleri Yıkmak

Yeni Değer Yaratmak

Nihilizm.

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Cenk Ateş

Publisher: Bursa Uludağ University

Main Topics: Felsefe

Journal: Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.776-804

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 9/2023

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001299184

pISSN: 2645-8950

Issues

Authors:

Cenk Ateş

Publisher:

Bursa Uludağ University

Main Topics:

Felsefe

Journal:

Kaygı. Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Felsefe Dergisi Vol.22 Issue 2, pp.776-804

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

9/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001299184

pISSN:

2645-8950