Female image in Turkish tv series; Example of Sen Anlat Karadeniz

The thesis with title " Woman's Image in Turkish TV Series; Sen Anlat Karadeniz (Tell Me About The Black Sea) Example" aims at examining the 'violence against women' in contemporary Turkey presented through television, comparing to other mass media and the examination of this gender discrimination reflected on an actual TV series. For this purpose the Sen Anlat Karadeniz (Tell Me About The Black Sea) TV series has been chosen as an example of the study. The most important reason for choosing the series as example is the fact that it tries to transmit the phenomenon of violence against women through the characters and the concept of violence in specific phases (pre-violence, violence phase and post-violence). In this study, the content analysis was conducted by using the Gerbner's Cultural Indicators and Cultivation Theory and all the episodes of the series were analyzed through their characters, analyzed with a feminist approach. It has also been revealed that reality represented in the Sen Anlat Karadeniz (Tell Me About The Black Sea) TV series includes messages that reinforce the patriarchal phenomenon by presenting traditional stereotypical representations through violence to women, masculine discourse and similar roles.