The Analysis of Images of Turkish Women in German-Turkish Films
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Among the “German-Turkish films”, some depict violence against women. This is contrary to the free and equal lives of women in German society. The objective of this research is to analyze the representation of Turkish women in 10 selected German-Turkish films, all of which have Turkish female protagonists. The analysis aims to answer three research questions: 1) How are Turkish women portrayed in a family context? 2) How are Turkish women in German society portrayed?, and 3) What problems or conflicts do Turkish women in these films face and how do they solve the problems? The results of the research show that images of women in the family context include the roles of wife, daughter, sister, and granddaughter. However, the most prominent role is that of the daughter, who is born in German society but still has to live in the family’s Turkish culture. Regarding the image of Turkish women in German society, it was found that Turkish women are educated, make friends and work with German people, as well as have a relationship with a German partner. Problems or conflicts arise both within their own family and between the Turkish family and the German family in the case of an intercultural marriage. But the main conflict was with the men, e. g. between a Turkish woman and her German partner and especially between her and her father or brother. A significant finding is that most of the Turkish female characters in the analyzed films chose to escape their traditional family structures to solve their problems.
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