터키 제작 한국전쟁 영화의 특징적 양상 연구

Research on Characteristic Aspects of Turkey-Produced Korean War Films: Focused on Images of Korea and Korean

This paper aims to examine the image of Korea and Korean people reflected in the films made in Turkey against the backdrop of the Korean War. As Turkey’s interest in Korea grew after its participation in the Korean War, Turkish movie directors made films about the Korean War with support from the Ministry of Defense in Turkey. Between 1951, right after the outbreak of the Korean War, and 1983, 15 Korean War films were made. Although those movies were set in Korea, they were never actually filmed in Korea due to several limitations. The 15 movies share some similarities in that they include documentary films in the introduction or midsection that reflect the historical circumstances of Korea and the trend of world politics around the period of the Korean War. They also reflect the gruesome reality of Korea that was undergoing a war. In the films, the image of Korea and Korean people is reflected and reproduced on the basis of the brutal image of the Korean War. Particularly, the movies describe the painful misery that Turkish people held about the Korean War. This is related to the sympathy that they feel for Korean people and the movies do not portray any negative images of Koreans at all. A majority of the images of Korea or Korean people reflected in the Korean War films made in Turkey are used as a tool to highlight the tragedy of the war, the bravery of Turkish troops and the sense of cooperation. This is a common and widely accepted characteristic among a series of war pictures.