Movie Industry in Turkey Report Book Has Been Released
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The launch of the report book entitled ‘Movie Industry in Turkey (2016-2020)’ published by the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO) was held at the Eminönü Headquarters of the ITO.
ITO Vice President Dr. İsrafil Kuralay, Member of the ITO Board of Directors Mr. Münir Üstün, Head of Visual Communication Design Department of Istanbul Ticaret University Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Şentürk, Istanbul Ticaret University Visual Communication Design Department Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Ala Sivas Gülçur, Istanbul Medipol University Communication Faculty Dean Prof. Dr. Ali Büyükaslan, Istanbul Medipol University Communication Faculty Faculty Member Assoc. Prof. Dr İhsan Eken, Istanbul Ticaret University Research Assistant Mr. Erdil Levent Ertan, Istanbul Ticaret University Specialist Mr. Galip Berk Saraç, academicians and moviegoers attended the launch event.
ITO Vice President Dr. İsrafil Kuralay pointed out that the “Movie Industry in Turkey” reports are valuable in terms of foreseeing the course of the movie industry, and said, “Our communication and media committee put a great effort into this study. We conduct other studies as well. For example, our study on the social effects of Turkish TV series has also been completed”.
Additionally, Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Şentürk, a faculty member at Istanbul Ticaret University, stated that part of the pandemic period was included in the report, which covered a 5-year period, and said, “It was an important and critical period both in terms of economic and worsening working conditions. We have taken due care to evaluate this period. The study was meaningful also in terms of comparison with previous periods. We tried to measure how the economic reflection of the pandemic period affected the sector.”
Dr. Kuralay noted that the Movie Industry in Turkey study, in addition to showing the distance covered by the movie industry, also provided a road map. Dr. Kuralay said, “We have evaluated the changes that have occurred in the sector in a span of 15 years in the light of scientific methods in three separate research reports. Based on the report, we can say that although there are positive changes, we still cannot realize our potential in a creative sense. Yes, our TV series are screened in 150 countries; however, we must be able to achieve the same in the movie industry as well.”
Highlights of the Report
The report prepared by a research team under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Rıdvan Şentürk addressed the cinema, TV, series and animation sectors under many topics from financial resources to export opportunities, while basic processes such as production, distribution, screening, marketing and export processes related to the cinema, film and series sectors were examined in detail.
According to the report, a total of 248 domestic TV series were produced in 2016-2020 spending an average of 1 million to 5 million Turkish Liras per episode. Series’ budgets varied according to factors such as story, genre, star cast.
In the same period, a total of 1739 movies, 647 domestic and 1092 foreign productions, met with the audience in movie theaters in Turkey. Audiences mostly preferred domestic productions in movie theaters.
