Perceptions of Turkish film and television among Turkish‐Australians in Broadmeadows

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ID18987994
AuthorsOrhan Karagoz (0000-0002-5570-5775, School of Social and Political Sciences University of Melbourne Parkville Victoria Australia, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume36
Issue2
Pages340-355
Publication date2025-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Australian Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1035-8811 • E-ISSN: 1757-6547
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/taja.70013
OpenAlexW4410445249
LanguageEN
References cited13

This article investigates the importance of Turkish film and television in preserving Turkishness among the Turkish‐Australian diaspora. Turkish film and television are found to be crucial to diversifying constructions of Turkishness in the diaspora. Turkish media plays an important role in how Turkish‐Australians perceive and imagine the homeland, as well as how they perceive and imagine their cultural identity as Turkish‐Australians. In recent years, the consumption of Turkish film and television has become popular, particularly among the younger generation. There has been very little scholarly research done on the role that Turkish film and television play in constructing and reconstructing diverse Turkish identities. In this article I attempt to address this

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