Cinema

A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE TURKISH CINEMA 1914- 1988

Undoubtedly each country has its own history of the cinema and such an history is confirmed by documents. According to such documents the official history of the cinema, known then as the cinématograph, begins on December 22, 1895 in Paris at the Grand Café, near the Boulevard des Capucines, where two young Frenchmen, the brothers Louis and Auguste Lumière, stages a first showing.

According to several sources the cinema enters Turkey first through private showings, held at the Sultan's court (The Yildiz Palace), followed by public ones. We know, for example, that in 1897 a Rumenian citizen of Polish origins, Sigmund Weinberg, staged a first public show in Istanbul. The place being Sponeck's beerhouse in Galatasaray's square.

• 1910 - 1930 Period
• 1931 - 1950 Period
• 1951 - 1960 Period
• 1961 - 1970 Period
• 1971 - 1980 Period
• 1981 - 1990 Period
  

Institutions that Provide Training in the Cinema Sector

• Mimar Sinan University Cinema Section Istanbul
• Marmara University Cinema Section Istanbul
• Marmara University Press Section Istanbul
• Anadolu University Cinema/V Section Eskisehir
• 9 Eylul University Cinema Section Izmir
• Ankara University Political Sciences Press-Cinema Section Ankara

Organizations Connected to the Cinema Sector

• SESAM -- Professional Union of Film Producers, Importers, Cinema-owners
• FIYAP -- Association of Film Producers
• SODER -- Cinema Actors' Association
• FILM YON -- Film Directors' Union
• SINEKAM-DER -- Association of Cameramen, Set Workers, Technical Assistants and studio workers
• Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, Film Makers' Professional Committee of Film Producers, Importers, Cinema Owners and Video Distributors.