Mucbir Sebepler: Turkey’s Talk Show for COVID-19 Lockdowns

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dc.contributor.authorFurman, Ivo O.
dc.contributor.authorKırklar, Alper
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-04T18:48:46Z
dc.date.available2026-04-04T18:48:46Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractDuring the early days of the nationwide COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, indie scenesters Bartu Küçükçağlayan and Melikşah Altuntaş began hosting Mücbir Sebepler, Turkey’s first Instagram talk show. The show ran for 84 episodes, ending on 25 June 2020. Some of the show’s more popular episodes were watched live by more than 140,000 Instagram users. This article is dedicated to understanding how Mücbir Sebepler constitutes a shift in the paradigm of Turkish entertainment culture. The first section situates the show within the history of broadcasting, focusing on the factors that differentiate Mücbir Sebepler from more conventional late-night shows in Turkey. The second section concentrates on the show’s relationship with Instagram. We argue that the allure of watching Mücbir Sebepler stems from the possibility of simultaneously experiencing two separate media logics. Finally, we discuss the hipster subcultural paradigm and how it can be applied to understand the show’s culture. We argue that the hipster subcultural attitude is best revealed in the host’s contradictory behaviour towards guests-they are simultaneously presented as objects of derision as well as fascination. © 2024 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
dc.identifier.endpage5019
dc.identifier.isbn978-168507653-5
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85216686733
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage5005
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/10344
dc.identifier.volume1-18
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNova Science Publishers, Inc.
dc.relation.ispartofThe Encyclopedia of COVID: Volumes 1-18
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKitap Bölümü - Uluslararası
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_Scopus_20260402
dc.subjectCovid-19
dc.subjectHipster
dc.subjectInstagram
dc.subjectLgbti
dc.subjectTalk Show
dc.titleMucbir Sebepler: Turkey’s Talk Show for COVID-19 Lockdowns
dc.typeBook Chapter

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