TURKISH THEATER

In the depths of Anatolian history, with its rituals and ceremonies to worship God, is perhaps the roots of today's theatre art. One of the key elements of the festivities and celebrations of seldschukischen and Ottoman society were migrant review games, a sort of folk theatre represented. These shows included Meddah (public and fairy-tale story-tellers), Kukla (puppet), Karagöz-Hacivat (Turkish shadow play) and Orta Oyunu (alttürk. folk drama). This glänzendste had their time in the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th Century. However, in these years the growth of pieces written notice. As the famous theatre player Muhsin Ertuğrul the leadership of the Darülbedayi (Istanbul City Theatre) in the Republic over time, modern plays were translated and performed. This new situation encouraged the local writer and together with the then understanding of a decoration, a Szenierung art and drama was the foundation of today's Turkish theatre. In 1931, the Darülbedayi to the Istanbul municipality and bound her name in 1934 in Istanbul City Theatre has been amended. Again on the initiative Muhsin Ertuğruls were in 1935 in this city theatre two children theatre.

In the year 1936 was the Ankara State Conservatory was founded and its first graduates in 1941 formed the Tatbikat Sahnesi (studio stage). In 1949, the State Theatre and Opera "was founded, which from now on the pieces of Tatbikat Sahnesi over. The State Theatre has been through a Directorate General of the Ministry of Culture and tied began in 1970 theatres across the Turkey to establish. At present, still in cities like Ankara, Istanbul, Van, Sivas, Izmir, Bursa, Adana, Trabzon, Diyarbakir, Antalya, Erzurum and Konya directorates founded and stages, confirming the State Theatre with his touring the districts outside the centres can achieve . This facility is also in the field of children's theatre very active.

In addition to the state theatres, so do the communities supported by the municipal theater and private theatre an important role. The number of private theatre, in the development of the Turkish theatre an important function taking notes since 1950, steadily increasing. The year 1951 from the State Theatre outgoing Muhsin Ertuğrul founded the "Küçük cream" (Small Stage) and formed many theater actor. The main theatre of this period were "Çığır cream", "Cep Tiyatrosu", "Muammer Karaca Tiyatrosu" and "Istanbul Opereti".

In the 1960s developed these private theatre and also increased the number is constantly increasing. But amateur theatre have been removed from the ground gestampft. In 1955, the Dormen Theatre, 1961 the Oraloğlu Theatre, 1962 the Gülriz Sururi - Engin Cezzar Ensemble, 1963, the Sanat Theatre (AST) in Ankara. In addition to pieces by these theatres were also important productions for children. The 1970s were the theatre for a slightly stillere time. From the mid-1980s, the private theatre revived.

Hadi Çaman Yeditepe Ensemble, Enis Fosforoğlu Theatre, Hodri Meydan Cultural Center, Ferhan Şensoy Community Ensemble, Devekuşu cabaret, Kent Ensemble Theatre Dostlar, Ali Poyrazoğlu Theater, Nejat Uygur Theatre, Levent Kırca-Oya Başar theatres are some of the theatre, in the 1960s and 70s, some of them still present, a valuable contribution to the Turkish theatre have done.

The theater writing evolved since the founding of the Republic increasingly, with a corporate, realitätskritische line was carried out. An important name is Haldun Taner, with regard to all the special features of the traditional Turkish theater, plays for the political cabaret, in which actors such as Zeki Alasya, Metin Akpınar and Ahmet Güldal an important role in medicine, has written. Other important contributions to the Turkish theatre provided, inter alia, Necati Cumalı, Güngör Dilmen, Orhan Asena, Turan Oflazoğlu, Turgut Özakman, Ferhan Şensoy and Selim İleri with their land.