Cultural Post 2

[Claire Fuller]

My first experience seeing Turkish in a non-educational setting was when I watched the movie Mustang on Netflix in high school. The movie is about these Turkish sisters whose lives are impacted by conservative social expectations for girls entering womanhood. I decided to rewatch the movie after having learned some Turkish both to apply what I've learned this semester and to reminisce about my first encounter with the language. Throughout the film, a lot of family vocabulary was used that I could recognize. I was also able to identify when questions were being asked and could pick out the verbs and the different cases that were being used in various sentences. Aside from the Turkish language, the movie also revealed many aspects of Turkish culture, covering Turkish weddings, how Turkish people interact with others (strangers, family members, etc.), and Turkish food.

[Hanchen Liu]

Hi Claire, thanks for sharing this interesting experience of watching this Turkish movie with us! I have never watch any Turkish movie before, but I know that Turkey has recently become a popular location to film for the Hollywood film industry and producers use Turkey especially Istanbul as a platform for its unique history and geography. Is local movie industry in Turkey thriving? 

[Eden Kim]

For me, I feel like it's easy to get stuck in an educational mindset and forget that learning a language can be fun! Some of the grammar rules may be tedious to study, but there is so much about a culture that is fascinating. This is a great reminder that there are aspects of a new culture that are really interesting!