Europeanness versus Turkishness in a Turkish TV Sitcom: The Case of Avrupa Avrupa

ARIKAN A.

EUROPEAN REVIEW, cilt.24, sa.3, ss.470-477, 2016 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1017/s106279871600020x
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN REVIEW
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.470-477
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Juxtaposing Europeanness and Turkishness has always been a recurring theme in Turkish literature and media. In this study, an analysis of a Turkish sitcom entitled Avrupa Avrupa that was broadcast on Turkey's only state-run TV channel is provided, focusing on how Turkishness and Europeanness are portrayed. It is found that the sitcom portrays Europeans and Turks through traditionally well-known, coarse stereotypes. It is inferred from the sitcom's latent ideological messages that the EU may accept Turkey, although it is by no means a European country.