Abstract:

With the sense of nationalism as a 'cultural movement' based on the unity of common language, history, emotion, tradition, custom and geography in essence, nationalism has become an ideology that states use for unifying and integrating society. According to this understanding, the bond of citizenship and common living are taken as basis, not the race. Indeed, the establishment of the Republic of Turkey was realized as a result of such an idea. One of the examples of the movement of the Turkish nation in unity and integrity around various nationalist elements has been the coup attempt of July 15th. In this study, it was aimed to see how and in what way nationalist elements were used in the July 15th films prepared to emphasize the democratic system and the unity and integrity of the country after the failure of the coup attempt. As a sample, 'July 15th Documentary of Presidency' was handled and this documentary film was analyzed by content analysis method. It has been revealed how both the visual and audiovisual elements that make up the film overlap with the emphasis of nationalism and how it reproduces it. This work is important to see how nationalism is used in films prepared by the state as an ideology that provides for integration.

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