Abstract:

During the Democrat Party rule, he planned to implement a previously untested project in Turkish Cinema. The project, which involves explaining Atatürk's life with a fictional film, aimed to introduce Atatürk and his ideas to the world through cinema. The idea father of the Ataturk film project and the will behind it was the then President Celal Bayar. Two attempts were made for a fictional Ataturk movie. In both attempts, Americans were consulted to realize the Ataturk film project. The budget of the film will be borne by the Government of the Republic of Turkey. The projects were terminated while still in the scenario stage. Due to the fact that the scenarios presented were not liked by the Democrat Party government and the demand for constant changes, there were film production companies that terminated the contract. In this study, the processes of Atatürk film projects planned to be made by the Americans during the Democratic Party period will be explained, the fate of the projects and the reasons for failure will be questioned.

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