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The Impacts of Turkish TV Serials Broadcasted in Albania on Albanian and Turkish Relations ISSN 2411-9563 (Print) European Journal of Social Sciences September-December 2015 ISSN 2312-8429 (Online) Education and Research Volume 2, Issue 4 The Impacts of Turkish TV Serials Broadcasted in Albania on Albanian and Turkish Relations Dr. Adem Balaban Department of Turkish Language and Literature Hëna e Plotë-Bedër University, Tirana, Albania [email protected] Abstract Films and TV series are important means in transferring one nation's values to other nations. In recent years, Turkish TV series have been broadcasted in the Middle East and the Balkans. They are also very popular in Albania. These TV series play a role in presenting Turkey, the Turkish culture and the language in these regions. Turkish culture through these TV series has an impact on the culture of these regions and transfers some cultural values to the cultures of these countries. In Albania, around 10 Turkish soap operas have been broadcasted such as: "Silver, Ezel, Karadayi, Suleiman the Magnificent". These TV series that people are very interested in are highly rated and that is increasing day by day. Turkish cultural values in these series have an effect on Albanians. In this study, the impacts of Turkish culture in these series, on the Albanians and Albanian culture are investigated. It is also discussed the cultural dimension of TV series besides the political, commercial and educational dimensions. Our study is based on a survey; a questionnaire consisting of 17 questions was conducted in Tirana, capital city of Albania. The answers are evaluated and analyzed in terms of cultural, political and commercial and educational dimensions. This study is important in terms of revealing Turkish culture and its impacts in Albania, the role of this series and the evolving relationship of the two nations. Keywords: Turkish TV serials, culture, Albania, relationship, destination, language, commerce, education 1. Introduction 1.1. Albanian-Turkish Relations The relations between Albanians and Turkish start with Cumans, Avars, and Huns. Ottoman`s expansion into Balkans opens a new page in the relations. Albanians who were influenced by Turkish and chose Islam played important roles in all levels of the state as clergies, bureaucrats and statesmen (Artun, 2003:100). This close relation of Albanians with Turkish people starts mutual interactions between the two nations. Relations mostly perceived in cultural, linguistic, educational and religious fields continued after Albania`s Independence too. In general, Turkish-Albanian relations continues in a healthy way between1912-1945 (Oksuz, 2010:210). However, the regime change in communist Albania thoroughly weakens the relations. Turkish and Albanian relations were resumed in the 1990s, and now continues in many areas. The bilateral agreements and protocols, signed in different years, between Turkey and Albania developed the relations to further stages (TC. Ministry of Economy, Albania Report, 2013: 7). Today, the interactions in commercials, politics, military, and culture are at a good level. 1.2. Serials Theatre with a long historical background occurs as revival of some scenarios in a surrounding with people as the audience. The first known theatre was found in Greece in the 5th century BC. (Green, 2013:1). Although its survival, it is not as common as cinema and television. Besides the movies in cinemas and on TV screens, there are series with episodes have been widely broadcasted in recent years. These series started to have more attraction than films. They are shown on TV screens either daily or weekly. Both the topics and fiction depicted in these series and the technique used make them being watched by many viewers. According to Mutlu the reasons behind series being followed by many viewers are as follows: “Series being nested with sequels arising curiosity, presenting a single story in each and every episode or 473 ISSN 2411-9563 (Print) European Journal of Social Sciences September-December 2015 ISSN 2312-8429 (Online) Education and Research Volume 2, Issue 4 using the same setting with different chains of events and dramatic narrations creating a sense of holism are among main reasons of attracting viewers”(Mutlu,1991:197-201). 1.3. The Effects of Serials to Relationships Series are helpful in making some connections between producer countries and viewer countries. The foremost effect of series is on culture as well as commerce, political fields and such. Although the culture presented in these films has some certain influences on viewers, it is not the only element as décor; places where recordings were made also have influential elements on them. The positive effect brought up by films helps the two countries develop healthier relations and get closer to each other (Pekman and Tüzün, 2012:94-95). 1.4. Turkish Serials Turkey being one of the recent film producer countries, after Latin America and America, is filling the space nowadays. First Turkish series were released in 1970s. In 1990s they reached a certain level of pace and in 2000s started to show up on hundreds of TV channels. The private TV channels, which started to broadcast from Turkey, in 1990s imported lots of soap operas from other countries. On the other hand, Turkish series like; “Bizimkiler, Super Baba, Mahallenin Muhtarlari, Perihan Abla, Ferhunde Hanimlar” were liked by the viewers as they showed high scales of viewing rates among people. These films in a way cleared the way and helped the new ones come up. Nowadays, Turkey is importing very few series but rather exporting lots of new releases. Especially in many countries of Balkans and Middle East Turkish soap operas and series have the highest rates of viewers (http://www.trthaber.com). Arab world is also one of the geographic areas where Turkish series are highly appreciated (Buccianti, 2010:2). 1.5. Exportation of Turkish Serials The first transfer started in 2001 with “Deli Yurek” as now series are being exported to 77 countries. “Deli Yurek” was the first sold for 30-40 dollars per episode to Kazakistan in 2001 (Zeybekçi, 2014). Many film componies in Turkey are exporting series and films to abroad. Calinos being one of these companies is currently making business with more than 30 countries. Some of the countries are as follows; Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Hungary, Poland, Japan, Kazakistan, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Middle-East, Uzbekistan, Greece, Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Iran, Romania, Katar, Albania, Croatia, Brunei, Bosnia, Ukraine, Israel, singapore, Malaysia (Gülgen, 2011). Gulgen also infers that there are some other films on the market; ''Adını Feriha Koydum, Acı Hayat, Akasya Durağı, Aliye, Annem, Arka Sokaklar, Arka Sıradakiler, Asi, Asmalı Konak, Aşk ve Ceza, Aşka Sürgün, Aşk-ı Memnu, Aşkım Aşkım, Berivan, Bıçak Sırtı, Bir İstanbul Masalı, Borsa, Bütün Çocuklarım, Büyük Yalan, Candan Öte, Canım Ailem, Çalıkuşu, Çocuklar Duymasın, Deli Yürek, Dudaktan Kalbe, Doktorlar, Ekmek Teknesi, Elveda Derken, Eşref Saati, Ezo Gelin, Fırtına, Gece Gündüz, Genco, Geniş Zamanlar, Gurbet Kadını, Gümüş, Hayat Bağları, Hırsız Polis, Ihlamurlar Altında, İki Aile, İki Kız Kardeş, Kapalı Çarşı, Kavak Yelleri, Kaybolan Yıllar, Kınalı Kar, Kurtlar Vadisi, Kuzey Rüzgarı, Küçük Kadınlar, Melekler Adası, Melekler Korusun, Menekşe ile Halil, Ömre Bedel, Pars: Narkoterör, Pusat, Sağır Oda, Sahra, Samanyolu, Sessiz Fırtına, Sır Kapısı, Sırlar Dünyası, Son Bahar, Tatlı Betüş, Tarçın ve Arkadaşları, Yabancı Damat, Yanık Koza, Yaprak Dökümü, Yasemin, Yemin, Yol Arkadaşım, Yusuf Yüzlü, Zerda, Zeynep, Zirvedekiler'' (Gülgen, 2011). 1.6. Literature Review 1.6.1. Turkish Serials in Balkans and Their Effects Balkans has been part of Ottoman for long time. From that period there are good and bad memories left upon these nations. Thus, one can perceive different impressions on these countries about Turkey. There are some researches on Turkish in Balkans and Their Effects. According to these reserachers, Turbedar mentions so on the issue: It`s possible to phrase two different impressions of Turkey in Balkans. On one side the impression of “Rising Turkey” is rapidly spreading; on the other side the fear of “Neo-Ottomanism” is successfully being depicted in Balkans (Türbedar, 2012:1). 474 ISSN 2411-9563 (Print) European Journal of Social Sciences September-December 2015 ISSN 2312-8429 (Online) Education and Research Volume 2, Issue 4 The broadcasting Turkish films in more than 70 countries are breaking records in Balkans as well (http://www.aljazeera.com.tr). The released series in all Balakns are viewed either with subtitles or being dubbed into the native language in various countries of the region. There are lots of reasons behind series being liked and viewed by big number of viwers. Some of them can be counted as: common historical background, cultural proximity, depiction of humane and universal values in the series, peaceful politics and approaches of Turkey, positive effect of Turkish image, developing economical and political relations etc. In one of the interviews Gulgen mentions as follows: In my opinion one of the reasons is Turkey is being considered as a role model in Middle East. Turkey is pursuing peaceful politics in Balkans, establishment of close relations in high levels raised interest among the people of those countries. I was in Bosnia last month. We are talking about a country with different ethnicities that passed through a big war, thus struggling with many different problems. A Serbian young boy who watched ``Bin Bir Gece`` says to one of the Turkish authorities there: “In fact you Turkish people are not different than us as we thought`` meaning that they started to see that we have many common grounds rather than differences. I was told that the series are playing a very important role in building healthier relations with people in the region” (Gülgen, 2011). Broadcasting Turkish series abroad has been an issue of investigation for many researchers. Especially Kaptan`s study on approaches of media towards Turkish series indicates positive effects as they have many viewers in Balkans and Middle-East.
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