Migration narrative and presentation of immigration in Fatih Akin cinema

The phenomenon of migration and immigration has a feature that parallels the beginning of humanity. Migration, which was generally compulsory before modernism, started to appear optionally after modernism. Especially after the Second World War, European countries allowed people from underdeveloped countries to be included within their borders in order to increase their deteriorated economies. In this way, the immigration experience has begun to be experienced by people from many nationalities around the world. However, immigrants who had this experience experienced some social, cultural and psychological problems and had difficulties in the adaptation process to the countries they migrated to. The people who came after them, called the second generation, were able to integrate into the social, economic and political conditions of the country they migrated to more easily compared to their parents, and in this way, they could integrate with the society of that country. All these experiences have also shown themselves in cinema, which is in close connection with real life. Immigrant directors reflected their experiences on immigration and immigration to the cinema. One of these directors is Fatih Akın, a second generation immigrant and living in Germany with his family from a young age. Fatih Akın used the multiculturalism brought about by being an immigrant in his films and discussed the immigration and immigration phenomena from different angles in his narratives. In this sense, Fatih Akın, who has found a place for himself in genres such as immigrant cinema, diaspora cinema, and accented cinema, has reached an important position in Germany and won many awards in international festivals. In this study, it is discussed how and how Fatih Akın handles migration and immigration phenomena in his narratives. In the study, first of all, concepts such as immigration, immigration, diaspora cinema, immigrant cinema were examined, then the findings were interpreted and discussed in the conclusion part. According to this, it has been determined that in the common narratives of Fatih Akın's films, there are some meanings for migration and immigration, the homeland and the migrated place jointly, and that the characters have different characteristics depending on the generation they are in. It is thought that this thesis will contribute and guide other researchers who will work in the field.