The Voice Of My Father Analysis

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In The Voice of My Father, the family secret is revealed as Mehmet finds newspaper articles in the basement about Maraş massacre entitled “Massacre in the Name of Islam” and “War for Allah” along with the pictures of dead bodies. Base kept newspapers although she did not tell Mehmet what happened during Maraş massacre. The newspaper as a public communication medium both informs us about the official background of the story and locates us into a social context. Moreover, the personal memories are not just limited to be the subjective point of view on the event, but also reveal how unresolved traumas marks the present in various ways including the communicational and emotional capabilities of people. Base does not speak about the event
Television news informs that language, religion and gender data will be collected for the first time in the census. Census officers ask them to turn off the television and start asking demographic questions. The role of the television as a medium of official discourse is substituted by the state officers. Their questions to Ayşe are interrupted by Selma coughing. The role of television and state officials are identical, they both symbolize the official discourse and intervene their quiet life in Tirebolu. The intervention of the state keeps Ayşe silence however cannot erase the memory of her
Television epistle contrasts with the story of Mehmet who had to learn Turkish before attending school. The language is a repetitive problem in the film. The father wants Base to speak Turkish with children, Base does not speak Turkish and she is illiterate, children had to learn Turkish to attend to school, Mehmet cannot read Kurdish as well as Turkish and Hasan asks them to write old Kurdish words and idioms. The ban on Kurdish for years and the lack of education in Kurdish are the source of the problem and the television epistle reveal the discrimination on the issue.
Television plays an important role in Journey to the Sun, questioning the line between reality and fiction, public and private. Mehmet and Berzan first meet during an attack by the fascists and the second time Mehmet sees Berzan is on television. As Mehmet tries to repair his old television in his small room, he shares with three other working class men, he notices Berzan in the news through the reflection in the mirror. The news is about hunger strikes in Bayrampaşa prison and Berzan is among the political activists being detained by police. Television becomes full frame and provides a newsreel like