Poverty and social exclusion in contemporary Turkish cinema

In this thesis, poverty and social exclusion which are visualised in Contemporary Turkish Cinema are examined through movies such as Tabutta Rövaşata, Güneşe Yolculuk, Uzak, Köprüdekiler and Çoğunluk. How contemporary Turkish Cinema directors perceive these two phenomenon and when they create their characters and dialogs in their movies how close they get to the truth are examined via content analysis. In examined films poverty and social exclusion victims have quiet different characteristic traits and abilities. Their common point is that they share the same poverty and social exclusion destiny. This situation emphasize the fact that poverty is not the fault of the individuals but the fault of the economic system.