� �Lf Sezen KAYHAN MÜLDÜR KOC Unıversıty ÜNİVERSİTESİ of Antwerp Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities

� �Lf Sezen KAYHAN MÜLDÜR KOC Unıversıty ÜNİVERSİTESİ of Antwerp Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities

Screen Production and Exhibition in lstanbul Under Urban Transformation PhD Thesis �,� �Lf Sezen KAYHAN MÜLDÜR KOC Unıversıty ÜNİVERSİTESİ of Antwerp Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities Screen Production and Exhibition in Istanbul Under Urban Transformation PhD Thesis Sezen KAYHAN MÜLDÜR A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Design, Technology and Society Program Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. İpek Azime Çelik Rappas Prof. Dr. Philippe Meers Istanbul, 2020 Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Communication Studies Visual and Digital Cultures Research Center Screen Production and Exhibition in Istanbul Under Urban Transformation Thesis for the degree of doctor in Film Studies and Visual Culture at the University of Antwerp to be defended by Sezen KAYHAN MÜLDÜR Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Philippe Meers Assoc. Prof. Dr. İpek Azime Çelik Rappas Antwerp, 2020 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP This dissertation contains no material which has been accepted for any award or any other degree or diploma in any university or other institution. It is affirmed by the candidate that, to the best of her knowledge, the dissertation contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference is made in the text of the dissertation. Signed Sezen Kayhan Müldür i Rumelifeneri Yolu Sarıyer 34450 İstanbul T: 0212 338 10 00 F: 0212 338 12 05 www.ku.edu.tr ETHICS COMMITTEE DECISION Meeting Date: 06.03.2020 Protocol No: 2020.083.IRB3.039 Principal Investigator (PI): Sezen Kayhan Müldür Title: Screen Production and Exhibition in Istanbul Under Urban Transformation Start Date: 21.04.2020 Duration of Approval: 1 year (with a possible extension) The research proposal with the title and protocol number given above and the supporting material have been thoroughly examined by the Ethics Committee for Social Sciences with regards to its aims, purpose, approach and methods. The Committee reviewed the research proposal and approved the study protocol. You may begin your research on the start date listed above. Notes: If the start date is delayed beyond 6 months, it is the PI’S duty to report to the Ethics Committee Secretariat. Any changes or amendments to approved protocols must be submitted to the Ethics Committee for approval prior to the implementation. Any incidents with ethical implications that occur during the study must be reported immediately to the Ethics Committee. PI may be required to obtain administrative authorization from competent authorities prior to the implementation of the project. Best Regards, E-İMZALIDIR Hakan S. Orer Chairman Koç Üniversitesi Etik Kurulları Sekreteryası T: 0212 338 11 76 [email protected] ii ABSTRACT SCREEN PRODUCTION AND EXHIBITION IN ISTANBUL UNDER URBAN TRANSFORMATION Sezen Kayhan Müldür October, 2020 This research explores the relationship between new screen production and exhibition spaces and urban transformation in Istanbul. In the last two decades Istanbul, like many other metropolitan cities, witnessed a dramatic growth of urban reconstruction projects. These reconstruction projects create new screen production sites by transforming post-industrial areas such as old ports and docks, abandoned factories into “creative locales” as well as new exhibition sites such as multiplexes, luxury city club movie theaters, hotel and museum screening halls, which are adapted to the neoliberal urbanite consumption trends. This dissertation focuses on physical and representational spaces in the city and in TV series to provide a comprehensive understanding on the relation between media production, consumption and urban studies. Such analysis helps to understand the social and economic impacts of urban renovation projects on screen media and vice versa. The first part of the empirical research focuses on screen media production: how the TV series and film production has shaped the city in the last two decades and how this transformation is represented in films and TV series. The first paper explores on-location TV production sites; historical neighborhoods, post-industrial spaces and business centers to illustrate how TV production may promote gentrification in less visible yet more complex ways than other creative industries. The second paper discovers TV drama production studios of Istanbul and shows the relation between the construction of these studios, the content of the TV series and the ratings. The second part of the empirical research focuses on contemporary exhibition strategies in the city: from open-air cinemas to the construction of multiplex cinemas and contemporary alternative exhibition spaces and how and why they are used by film festivals and filmmakers. The third paper examines the nostalgic sentiments around the newly-established open-air cinemas in Istanbul and traces their history and disappearance that dates back to the urban transformation projects in the 1950s. The last paper looks at alternative film exhibition spaces in Istanbul, such as museums, cafes, cultural centers, exhibition halls and the politics behind their proliferation in the last decade. The research combines relevant research methods for each individual case study: content and visual analysis for cases on screen representation; archival research for historical data and interviews and participant observation for cases on media production and exhibition. Using such multimethod approach, this research aims to explore the entangled relationship between the film-TV industry and the urban renovation projects in Istanbul and show how both screen making and consumption are connected urban production and consumption patterns. Keywords: Urban media and communication, TV production, film exhibition, urban transformation, Istanbul iii ABSTRACT AUDIOVISUELE PRODUCTIE EN VERTONING IN ISTANBUL IN TIJDEN VAN STEDELIJKE TRANSFORMATIE Sezen Kayhan Müldür Oktober 2020 Dit onderzoek heeft als doel de relatie te onderzoeken tussen nieuwe audiovisuele productie- en presentatieruimten en de stedelijke transformatie in Istanbul. Tijdens de laatste twee decennia kende Istanbul, net als vele andere grootsteden, een aanzienlijke groei in stedelijke reconstructieprojecten. Deze reconstructieprojecten creëren nieuwe plekken voor audiovisuele productie door postindustriële gebieden, zoals oude havens en dokken of verlaten fabrieken, om te vormen tot "creatieve ruimtes" en nieuwe vertoningsplekken, zoals multiplexbioscopen, luxueuze stadsbioscopen of vertoningszalen in hotels en musea, die aangepast zijn aan de neoliberale grootstedelijke consumptietrends. Dit proefschrift richt zich in het bijzonder op de fysieke en gerepresenteerde ruimtes in de stad en in televisiereeksen om een uitgebreid inzicht te geven in de relatie tussen mediaproductie- en consumptie en urbane studies. Een dergelijke analyse draagt ertoe bij de sociale en economische gevolgen van stadsvernieuwingsprojecten voor de audiovisuele media en vice versa te begrijpen. Het eerste deel van het empirisch onderzoek richt zich op de productie van audiovisuele media: hoe hebben televisiereeksen en filmproducties de stad in de afgelopen twee decennia vormgegeven en hoe wordt deze transformatie op haar beurt weergegeven in films en televisiereeksen? Het eerste artikel gaat op zoek naar productieplekken op locatie voor televisie: historische wijken, postindustriële ruimtes en zakencentra om te illustreren hoe de televisieproductie gentrificatie kan bevorderen op minder zichtbare en complexere manieren dan andere creatieve industrieën. Het tweede artikel verkent de productiestudio’s in Istanbul voor televisiedrama’s en onthult de relatie tussen de bouw van deze studio's, de inhoud van de televisiereeksen en de kijkcijfers. Het tweede deel van het empirisch onderzoek richt zich op hedendaagse vertoningsstrategieën in de stad: van openluchtcinema's tot de bouw van multiplexbioscopen en hedendaagse alternatieve vertoningsruimten en hoe en waarom deze worden gebruikt door filmfestivals en filmmakers. Het derde artikel onderzoekt de nostalgische gevoelens rond de nieuw opgerichte openluchtbioscopen in Istanbul en traceert hun geschiedenis en verdwijning die teruggaat tot de stedelijke transformatieprojecten van de jaren vijftig Het laatste artikel gaat in op alternatieve filmvertoningsruimten in Istanbul, zoals musea, cafés, culturele centra, tentoonstellingsruimten en de redenen en de politiek achter hun proliferatie sinds het laatste decennium. Dit onderzoek combineert relevante onderzoeksmethoden voor elke individuele casestudy: inhoudelijke en visuele analyse voor de casestudies over representatie op het scherm, archiefonderzoek voor historische data, en interviews met en observaties van deelnemers voor de casestudies over mediaproductie-en-vertoning. Met een dergelijke multimethodische aanpak wil dit onderzoek de verstrengelde relatie tussen de film- en televisie-industrie en de stedelijke renovatieprojecten in Istanbul onderzoeken en aantonen hoe zowel audiovisuele productie als consumptie verbonden zijn met stedelijke productie- en consumptiepatronen. Trefwoorden: Stedelijke media en communicatie, televisieproductie, filmvertoningen, stedelijke transformatie, Istanbul iv TEZ ÖZETİ DÖNÜŞEN İSTANBUL’DA EKRAN MEDYASI ÜRETİMİ VE GÖSTERİMİ Sezen Kayhan Müldür Ekim, 2020 Bu araştırma, İstanbul'da ekran medyası üretim ve gösterim alanları ile kentsel dönüşüm arasındaki ilişkiyi keşfetmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Son yirmi yılda İstanbul, diğer pek çok büyükşehir gibi kentsel dönüşüm projelerinin hızla

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