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This study aims to explain the relationship between political power and cinema during the 1960s, which is an important era for politics and cinema. May 27 Military Coup and the 1961 Constitution applied afterwards had significant impact on Turkish political life as well as Turkish cinema. As the first military coup in the Republican period, May 27 has a negative meaning in terms of Turkish democracy since it initiated the tradition of military attitude over civil politics. However, the 1961 Constitution, which was prepared after the coup, appears as a relatively liberal constitution, despite the May 27's anti-democratic and limited execution. Liberal principles of 1961 coup paved the way for Marxist, Islamist and Nationalist political ideas, which previously experienced difficulties in expression. This emergence on the political field is also reflected on the cultural and artistic field. Yet, cinema did not enjoy this liberal current sufficiently; since 1939 censor charter was still active despite minor changes in previous years. In spite of this charter, Turkish cinema reflected various political and social problems and produced world-class films in this period. The initiatives to develop cinema were not successful and could not go beyond the personal efforts that relieved the cinema industry; as the directors who reflect the social problems felt the censoring pressure intensively. Due to the subject investigated and the characteristics of the period the methodology of the study that was conducted within an interdisciplinary approach, was the historical research method. Next to literature review the study contains some reports of the Film Control Commission, which are published in the current study for the first time

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