@article{2018,title={CRITICISM TOWARDS SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY AND POWER IN TURGAY NAR'S THEATRE PLAYS},abstractNode={Humanbeing has been striving for seizing power and objectifying other humans throughout the history. Powers, who never hesitate using any violence and punishment methods to create a disciplined society and to protect their own authority, found that surveillance is more effective than punishment by the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century and started to discipline societies in this way. Foucault refers to a dystopia called “Panopticon” and states that powers are giant towers that observe society. Believing to be constantly observed, societies get objectified through a horror culture. Invisible powers sometimes make their presence visible through symbols like ideology, media and police. In these control societies as defined by Deleuze, a human type obeying to or gets objectified by authority comes to forefront rather than individual freedom. As a prominent and unique author of Turkish literature, Turgay Nar fictionalizes plays within the scope of social and political criticism through metaphors, symbolic expressions, insecurity, mythological elements, fairy tale heroes. He makes audience watch plays with a critical approach, but also preserves the idea of Brecht who suggests that theatre should also educate audience. In his plays titled Tepegöz (Cylops), Çöplük (Trash), Şehrazat’ın Oyunu (Scheherazade's Game), Can Ateşinde Kanatlar (Mevlana) (Wings Made of Spirit Fire-Mevlana), Gizler Çarşısı (Mall of Secrets) and Hitit Güneşi (Hittite Sun), the author treats the tragedy of humanbeing objectified by power. Holding of authority by one person summarized as Idolized Person by Althusser and psychic life of power can be found in his artworks. He expresses even the most complex social and philosophical concepts by frequently applying to grotesque elements in a lyrical poetry through unique metaphors and symbols. In this sense, his plays require a different experience and very special prereading to be comprehended. Turgay Nar is a unique author attracting attention in Turkish theatre and brings a different dimension to theatre. Nar’s plays recently attract attention of the world theatre as well. The inclusion of the play titled Şehrazat’ın Oyunu (Scheherazade's Game) in 2017-2018 program Theater Augsburg in Germany will help the author, whose plays were previously exhibited in Balkans and Caucasia, open to Europe.This study aims to analyze critical approach towards despotic power concept through surveillance society in Turgay Nar's plays. },author={Nurullah ULUTAŞ},year={2018},journal={International Journal of Language Academy}}