Modern architecture in early republican period and representation: The case of Türkiye'nin kalbi Ankara (1934)

Architecture is one of the most important ways of representing ideas and ideologies. Works of architecture that represented different ideologies in different periods, became an important part of representation in cinema due to the developments in technology and communication technologies in the modern era. This thesis, discusses the relationship between architecture, cinema and representation. Türkiye'nin Kalbi Ankara (1934) movie, which is one of the most important visual sources that belong to the Early Republican Period, is selected to examine that relationship. Türkiye'nin Kalbi Ankara (1934) movie, which was filmed for the tenth anniversary of the republic, by famous Soviet director Sergei Yutkeviç upon the request of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, reflects the happenings and developments in the Early Republican Period. The developments in the Early Republican Period concerns the foundation of Republic, the idea of being modern and the process of modernization. In other words, Türkiye'nin Kalbi Ankara (1934) movie, represents modernity and modernization in Turkey, through the works of architecture among other representational elements. In this thesis, a teoretical framework is constructed around the literature on the concept of representation, Early Republican Period, modernization process in Turkey, and architecture in the Early Republica Period. The relationship between architecture and representation, and its reflections in cinema is examined within that framework. Furthermore, the role of architecture in cinematic representation is discussed through a detailed analysis of Türkiye'nin Kalbi Ankara (1934) movie.