TALKS ON HISTORY OF OUR THEATRE
AKBANK SANAT & THEATER FOUNDATION OF TURKEY (TTV)
"Nezihe Muhittin's Theater Plays and Individual-Public Historiography"
Speaker: Esra Dicle
Moderator: Noyan Ayturan
Nezihe Muhiddin, one of the most important names of the women's movement in Turkey, is also a playwright. Three of the games we have received; "Ana Aşkı”, “Vicdanların Emri” and “Talihin Bir Cilvesi" were published in 1929. Muhiddin focuses on gender in her texts and discusses the place of women in the family and public sphere. It is known that the author also wrote the plays "Zelzele”, “Bir Rüya” and “Kadınlar Kulübü", but only "Kadınlar Kulübü" was published (1936). And all three plays include important information and discussions regarding the public history of the women's movement in Turkey. Esra Dicle will examine and discuss how the women's policies of the single-party period were interpreted from Nezihe Muhiddin's point of view.
Esra Dicle: She received her undergraduate, graduate and doctorate degrees from Boğaziçi University, Department of Turkish Language and Literature. Her first book “Resmî İdeoloji Sahnede / Kemalist İdeolojinin İnşasında Halkevleri Dönemi Tiyatro Oyunlarının Etkisi” was published in 2013, and second book “Ben Yüz Çiçekten Yanayım / Nâzım Hikmet Tiyatrosunda Metinler-Türler-Söylemler” was published in 2020. Dicle, who taught Turkish Language at Kadir Has University between 2003-2008, has been working as a lecturer at Boğaziçi University, Turkish Language Courses Coordinatorship since 2005. She gives various lectures on modern theatre and adaptation theory besides Turkish language lessons.
Noyan Ayturan: After completing his undergraduate education in Physics, he received his master's degree from Istanbul University, Department of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy. He studied acting and mime at Istanbul University State Conservatory Pantomime Major of Art, Theater de l'Ange Fou - London International School of Physical Mime and Studio Actors, and is pursuing his doctorate in dramaturgy. He gave lectures in the performing arts departments of Istanbul, Haliç, Yeditepe, Yeni Yüzyıl and Beykent Universities. In addition to directing theatre plays, he produces academic content on theatre at an online video platform called Hausbühne