Abstract:
Those asserting that globalization has a
‘convergence’ effect on institutional field point that, with
globalization, models and practices acknowledged as ‘best
practices’ will move from where they are institutionalized to
other countries. With the late of 1980s, Turkey met with the
American-origin ‘multiplex’ movie theatres. The main purpose
of this study is to examine the expansion of ‘multiplex’ form of
movie theatres and how such expansion affected the reduction
in the number of previously existing forms such as open air
movie theatres in Turkey. Based on the data of Turkish
Statistics Institute (TurkStat), numbers and current statuses of
‘open-air movie theatres’ that previously existed in Turkey are
discussed in the research.
