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US Diplomatic Documents on Turkey - II: Turkish Cinema Print E-mail
The Turkish Cinema in the Early Republican Years

This work is a compilation of various documents covering the state of the Turkish movie industry in the 1930s. The lengthiest report found here is one prepared in 1933 by Eugene Hinkle titled "The Motion Picture in Modern Turkey". It is a study of the movie theaters, their clientele and the popularity of the imported movies in Turkey.