Halit Refiğ's I Lost My Heart to a Turk: Woman, Islam and Modernity in Turkish Cinema

Murat Akser

doi:10.5195/cinej.2018.223

Halit Refiğ's I Lost My Heart to a Turk: Woman, Islam and Modernity in Turkish Cinema

Murat Akser

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Abstract

Defined by some critics as the ultimate national cinema movement piece, Halit Refiğ’s I Lost My Heart to a Turk (1969), the love story of a German woman and a Turkish worker in the ancient town of Kayseri becomes an allegory for the Turkish nation’s identity crisis. This paper identifies the parameters used by Refiğ to position the Turkish identity in his film and emphasize the special role of women in Turkish modernization.

Original language	English
Article number	233
Pages (from-to)	5-29
Number of pages	25
Journal	CINEJ Cinema Journal
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5195/cinej.2018.223
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 21 Dec 2018

Keywords

women
cinema
film studies
Turkey
Islam

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