Exemination of Turkish culinary culture elements in the context of cinema with the method of semiotics

As Maslow clarified in his hierarchy of needs, nutrition; Today, it has ceased to be only a basic need, and has become a property of societies by being adorned with culture. It is clear that nutrition is not just a biological act, but creates a culture under conditions that affect society. Every society is adorned with its own culinary culture and this issue is wanted to be shared and promoted. At this point, it is necessary to reflect and introduce the Turkish cuisine, which has a deep-rooted history bearing traces of Central Asian Turkish, Seljuk, Ottoman and the last period which is Republic Period cuisine. The movie, which was first created in 1830, can powerfully provide this introduction. Since the first years of its emergence, the movie has been designed with the aim of imposing a certain idea, and it has been a mass media tool used especially to instill or justify political ideologies. Today, movies are works of art that can reach many places of the world. Also they are easily accessible. People of all ages, races, religions and sections can be the audience of the movies and be affected by the movies they watch. In the light of this information, in this study, in order to examine the reflections of Turkish culinary culture elements on the cinema screen, the movie Winter Sleep (Kış Uykusu) and the movie Majority (Çoğunluk), which won awards in international film festivals, were discussed, and the semiotic analysis of the kitchen scenes they included was made and interpreted. As a result of the analyses, it has been observed that the movies use many Turkish culinary culture elements as indicators, and when using these indicators, they add meanings to support the story.