ENTER THE LENS

Every year, the Babel Group of Sciences Po Paris, Menton sends about 30 students to a selected destination in the Middle-East or Mediterranean, to carry out intensive research projects. And this year it’s Istanbul! 

After a grilling round of project proposals and interviews, my project proposal (which I am conducting with another Sciences Po student) was selected. Obviously, it has anything and everything to do with Cinema. But watch out for the political twist below.

 

 

 

 

PROBLEMATIQUE 

Comparing the differences and similarities between the documentary film industry and the commercial film industry in secular Turkey, based on 

 

a) the cinematic portrayal of the headscarf as a symbol and of characters with headscarves

 

b) impact of the headscarf issue on directors and influence of directors wearing the headscarf (including direct and indirect institutional censorship of films among other factors)

 

during the period of New Turkish Cinema (late 1990s to present day).