A research on the father type in Yeşilçam cinema in the context of the ancestors cult

The concepts of lineage, family and respect, which have an important place in Turkish society, are part of their cultural values. Commitment to these values is a distinctive feature in the individual's gaining legitimacy in society and in the formation of his identity and group consciousness. The respect mixed with fear felt for family elders on the basis of the family, as the smallest group of society, is an indicator of the cult of ancestors. Fear and respect in this regard played a role in the father's gaining ancestor status in the patriarchal-centered traditional Turkish family structure. Within the scope of this study, the ability of the ancestor to change and transform himself in accordance with the conditions of the period was investigated on the axis of ancestor typology, specifically the father type. In this context, it has been seen that the father typology is based on "renewed family ancestors". The typological characteristics of the father as the family ancestor and his connection with the cult of ancestors can be detected in the movie scenes of the cinema fed by oral culture. This research covers a total of ten films, two of them jointly, by Münir Özkul and Hulusi Kentmen, using the purposeful sampling method. At the end of the research, it was determined that Münir Özkul was an extension of the "guiding and wise ancestors of the epic period" and Hulusi Kentmen was an extension of the "alpine ancestors of the epic period". In general terms, the origins of beliefs and practices regarding the father as the family ancestor are traces of the cults of living ancestors.