CHARACTERISTIC OF TURKISH DESIGN AND SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HEADSCRAF PROBLEM OF TURKEY

Abstract

In the result of the researches, the importance of Turkish design history and Turkish design culture occurred. In this research, features of traditional Turkish design placed in Turkish history are tried to be presented. The importance of Turkish design for Turkey and Turkish design is also presented. As a result of the researches, we saw that Turkish design is under escort of western design. According to this study, we can understand that Turkey needs a new schematic identity considering that Turkish design has got a deep-rooted history and schematic abundance. Turkish people is always in social political life struggle. This social political struggle was going in positive way with republic but in 1950s, it was negative and so it was always moving because of turkey’s social political situation. Continuation of this movement today provides us to remember the relation of design’s cultural and social political conditions. With this, emphasizing on social political problems of today’s Turkey is the focus point of this investigation. Head scarf problem which is the most important social political problem of turkey is considered to be a design problem that must be solved with different designs. With this anticipation, head scarf that is Turkey’s social political problem can be solved with poster method that is a graphic design pattern. 

Key Words: Turkish design history, Turkish design culture, Graphic design pattern

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