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

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 paramete...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murat Akser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Pittsburgh 2018-12-01
Series:CINEJ Cinema Journal
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Online Access:http://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/223