FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE : A GUIDE TO HOW TO OTHER
In the field of the continental philosophy the concepts of ‘the other’ and ‘othering’ has been introduced in the first half of the nineteenth century. And it has been attached political, economic, social and psychological connotations apart from its philosophical meaning over the last two hundred years. Indeed, we have heard of the term during the studies on literature several times, only from different points of view and different concentrations on it; stereotyping, racism, gender problems .. And of course orientalism.
James Bond series, written by Ian Fleming, became widely recognized in the second half of the twentieth century. The fifth James Bond book called From Russia With Love was rated one of the best books in the series by the readers while the film version was popularized with Sean Connery’s interpretation of the agent “double O seven”. Both the film and the book incorporated scenes that take place in İstanbul. James Bond’s arrival in İstanbul and the time he spends there is an important phase in his adventure. For an informed eye this phase bears a serious amount of orientalist attitude along with tendentious details as to the daily life of the Turkish people. Hence, the aim of this paper is to demonstrate the way that the life in İstanbul is being portrayed by Ian Fleming’s selective and western eye, mainly focusing on the Turkish people figures and references to the city environment of İstanbul in the book.
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