Cinema and education in the first years of the Republic

In the study, starting from the first phase of the Republic, the problematic of the use of cinema as a tool of ideology and identity transfer by the political power, and in this context, the practices implemented for education through film are mentioned. In this direction, a brief evaluation of the period from the entrance of cinema to Turkey to the establishment of the Republic was made and the process from the proclamation of the Republic to the second world war was examined in the context of cinema and education. Furthermore, the development of early European educational filmmaking is thematically discussed and the role of Turkey in this context is the focus of the study. On the other hand, the adventure of cinema as a propaganda tool is explained in detail, and the use of cinema as propaganda in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany is described. In addition, the political events in parallel with the film exchange treaty between Turkey and the Soviet Union in the early years of Republic are examined in the context of cinema. In addition to these, educational and instructive films shown in schools in the Ottoman Empire and in the early years of the Republic were evaluated within the scope of the study.