The Migration Trilogy

Migration trilogy has occupied an important place in the history of Turkish Cinema since the moment it was shot. These films were evaluated in various axes such as village-city, east-west, traditional-modern, under the intense discussion environment of the period and the migration wave from villages to cities. The films, which are described as the death of the peasantry as a result of this migration wave, and focus on the struggle for survival of this new population accumulating in the cities; It has opened the door to rich and very different tones on issues such as unionization, squatting and Turkey's capitalistization process.