The individual in Turkish cinema within the aspect of narrative and character

Through the historical process, particularly Western Societies are evolved from the conservative structure to Modern and then to Postmodern structure. This fact basically affects the human being. Engligthment, Reneissannce and Reform movements are the first phases of Modernization in the West. Thus, the rupture occurs in conservative relations. The fundamental feature of Modernization is scientific and technological progress via ratiaonalist thinking. This fact leads human to evolve as an individual, too. Modernity and modernization have both negative and positive effects on Turkey, too. After the foundation of Republic, a structure different from the Ottoman Empire ruled the country. Even though there has been a tendency to Information Society since 2000s, Modernization in Turkey has mainly been continiued. In this study, considering the effects of Modernization both on Turkey and Turkish society, the position of the fact of "being individual" is stated. The features of narration and characters of Turkish Cinema are historically analyzed. In addition to this, the representation of the individual in Turkish Cinema is examined within the context of narration and character structure. To reach this information, melodrama-based films and author-based films are compared through economical, social, technological, etc. aspects. This study focuses on scrutinizing the terms such as narration and character which have not been researched in details in previous theses on cinema. Besides, gathering issues like individual concept coming out through social transformation in Turkey, structuring of character and narration in Melodrama and Auteur films under the same headline, it is tried to be a starting point for the upcoming studies. Keywords: Modernity, Individual, Narration, Character, Turkish Cinema.