Can you guess, what is Turkish cinema called and why it is named so? Amid India-Pakistan rising tension, Turkey is supporting Pakistan due to which boycott campaign has been started in India.
Turkish cinema
Bollywood has managed to grab the limelight all over the world with its films. Amid the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan, the entire attention has unexpectedly shifted toward global pop culture.
Yeşilçam
With soaring popularity, many netizens are curious to know what is Turkish cinema called and why it was named? As Turkey is supporting Pakistan, India has boycotted the country.
Yeşilçam Street
Turkish cinema is popularly referred to as Yeşilçam and it is named after a street in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, which was once the heart of the Turkish film industry. Well, the name Yeşilçam means Green Pine in Turkish.
Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district
The term ‘Yeşilçam’ is derived from Yeşilçam Street in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district which was the of Turkish film production. The street has several film studios, production houses, and casting agencies during the golden age of Turkish cinema.
Golden age of cinema
Just like Bollywood in India and Lollywood in Pakistan, Yeşilçam in Turkey holds national significance. During the Yeşilçam era, Turkish cinema reportedly produced thousands of films over 300 in a single year.
Yeşilçam ruhu
These films ranged from romantic dramas, action, adventure, and more. Türkan Şoray, Kadir İnanır, Kemal Sunal, and Cüneyt Arkın gained popularity with their exceptional performances in films. In the 1980s, the dominance of Yeşilçam declined due to the rise of television.
Turkish cinema’s soul
Turkish films managed to win awards at international film festivals, and TV dramas still win hearts with their unique storyline. Acclaimed director Nuri Bilge Ceylan has taken Turkish cinema to new heights and added artistic creativity to it. The Golden age of Turkish cinema was around the 1950s to the late 1970s.
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