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Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim (The girl with the red scarf) is a romantic drama, originally written by Chingiz Aitmatov and later directed by Atif Yilmaz. The film was released in 1978, falling under the "Postmortem Yesilcam" category. This indicates the fact that the film represents some elements that would generally be found in that time period. Some of which include the Turkish mentality in the late 1970s, the connotations of masculinity and a man's possession over his family, the reliance of Yesilcam films on the audience, where they showed the viewers what they wanted to see and what the lower and/or middle class people could relate to. As a further matter, the metaphorical elements of the political differences between one word titles and longer titles in the Yesilcam industry, illustrates the importance of politics in film as well, particularly during this time period. What unites all of these elements together, is the fact that they all relate back to the audience and would not have been as successful without such consideration. The film paints a dramatic picture of the Turkish culture within powerful emotions sending deep messages to the audience, and showing the importance of social and cultural issues which impact the Turkish mindset.