This article looks at the use of documentary filmmaking in contemporary artistic practices in Turkey, specifically focusing on three works that adopt a first-person, subjective viewpoint: Didem Pekun's Of Dice and Men (2016), Sener ozmen's How to Tell of Peace to a Living Dove? (2015), and Aykan Safoglu's Off-White Tulips (2013). Made by artists in transition, these films tackle themes of belonging and identity through stylistic choices proper to essayistic filmmaking, which allow these works to ...

The proliferation of networks using narrowcasting for their original drama serials in the United States proved that protagonist types different from conventional heroes can appeal to their target audiences. While this success of anti-hero narratives in television serials starting from late 1990s raises the question of “quality television” developing audience measurement models of networks make alternative narratives based on anti-heroes become widespread on the U.S. television industry. This thesis ...

Turkish television serials form a great part of the media industry of Turkey. This study focuses on the production practices of Turkish television serials that changed in the last decade due to the expansion of Turkish television serial industry and the newly emerged online streaming platforms. Serial production practices are affected and pressured by several factors within the media industry which I call external limitations; media monopolization, control mechanism RTÜK, financial concerns of ...