{"title":"From nonosh to pasha: The belated debut of queer men in contemporary Turkish popular culture","authors":"Deniz Gurgen Atalay, Nilay Ulusoy","doi":"10.1386/ffc_00048_1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The historical drama series, The Club (2021–22), narrating the story of a nightclub at the centre of Istanbul nightlife during the 1950s, achieved great success by becoming the eighth most-watched non-English-language series on an international digital streaming platform. The significant public affirmation the series gained rose on the representation of the leading character – the nightclub star. He directly refers to respected queer singer Zeki Müren (1931–96). Müren has been credited as the greatest performer in Turkey and a modern male icon with his artistic excellence in singing and his outstanding stage performances for over 40 years. He designed his own costumes as well as those of his musicians, the décor for his performances and the choreography of the dancers. Müren appeared on his stage in black tuxedos, suits with sparkling accessories or even mini-skirts with platform shoes. He was aware of the taboos on homosexuality and how this might have affected him. Although his sexuality was in question, his sex never was. He was, after all, an exemplary male citizen of the Turkish Republic with his kindness to his audience, his charity works, his artistic status. Many fans, including the media, referred to him as a pasha, a heroic military commander, to express that he was the most influential artist in Turkey. The referential association of the fictional character with Zeki Müren will be interpreted in the article to further discuss the portrayal of the queer performance in the series. For this purpose, the article will introduce the conceptualization of nonosh, a polite yet explicit contempt, and present an embraceable form of queer identity in Turkish society to define the common portraiture of queer in Turkish popular films and TV shows.","PeriodicalId":41071,"journal":{"name":"Film Fashion & Consumption","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Film Fashion & Consumption","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1386/ffc_00048_1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The historical drama series, The Club (2021–22), narrating the story of a nightclub at the centre of Istanbul nightlife during the 1950s, achieved great success by becoming the eighth most-watched non-English-language series on an international digital streaming platform. The significant public affirmation the series gained rose on the representation of the leading character – the nightclub star. He directly refers to respected queer singer Zeki Müren (1931–96). Müren has been credited as the greatest performer in Turkey and a modern male icon with his artistic excellence in singing and his outstanding stage performances for over 40 years. He designed his own costumes as well as those of his musicians, the décor for his performances and the choreography of the dancers. Müren appeared on his stage in black tuxedos, suits with sparkling accessories or even mini-skirts with platform shoes. He was aware of the taboos on homosexuality and how this might have affected him. Although his sexuality was in question, his sex never was. He was, after all, an exemplary male citizen of the Turkish Republic with his kindness to his audience, his charity works, his artistic status. Many fans, including the media, referred to him as a pasha, a heroic military commander, to express that he was the most influential artist in Turkey. The referential association of the fictional character with Zeki Müren will be interpreted in the article to further discuss the portrayal of the queer performance in the series. For this purpose, the article will introduce the conceptualization of nonosh, a polite yet explicit contempt, and present an embraceable form of queer identity in Turkish society to define the common portraiture of queer in Turkish popular films and TV shows.
历史剧《俱乐部》(2021-22)讲述了20世纪50年代伊斯坦布尔夜生活中心一家夜总会的故事,成为国际数字流媒体平台上收视率第八高的非英语剧集,取得了巨大成功。这部剧之所以能获得公众的肯定,主要是因为主角——夜总会明星的形象。他直接提到了受人尊敬的酷儿歌手Zeki m ren(1931-96)。40多年来,m ren凭借卓越的歌唱艺术和出色的舞台表演,被誉为土耳其最伟大的表演者和现代男性偶像。他设计了自己的服装,也设计了音乐家的服装,为自己的表演设计了服装,为舞蹈演员设计了舞蹈。任女士出现在他的舞台上,穿着黑色的无尾礼服,西装配上闪闪发光的配饰,甚至还有迷你裙配厚底鞋。他知道同性恋的禁忌,以及这可能对他造成的影响。尽管他的性取向受到质疑,但他的性别从未受到质疑。毕竟,他是土耳其共和国一个模范的男性公民,他对听众的友善,他的慈善事业,他的艺术地位。包括媒体在内的许多粉丝称他为帕夏(pasha),即英勇的军事指挥官,以表达他是土耳其最有影响力的艺术家。本文将对这个虚构角色与Zeki m ren之间的关联进行解释,以进一步探讨剧中酷儿的表现。为此,本文将介绍nonosh的概念,一种礼貌而明确的蔑视,并呈现土耳其社会中可接受的酷儿身份形式,以定义土耳其流行电影和电视节目中常见的酷儿形象。