"Vurun Kahpeye" from Turkish Literature to Turkish Cinema

It is essential to examine the changes in the production of popular films in Turkish Cinema within the framework of the contextual sensitivities and dynamics brought about by the filmmakers, audience expectations, and daily life.

In this study, the films Vurun Kahpeye (1949, 1964, 1973), which were repeated three times in twenty-four years in Turkish Cinema and produced by the same production company (Erman Film), are evaluated in the context of changes in the narrative as well as its political, economic, historical and place in the cinema industry during the periods when it was produced as a popular adaptation and a cultural text.

For this purpose, it is meaningful to rethink and review the audience's expectations from popular cinema together with the unique production and screening conditions during the production process of Vurun Kahpeye films. By taking a closer look at the character representations, plot, religious, cultural, and ideological indicators in the analyzed films, it is also possible to see the changes and differences in this famous text in the narrative dimension.