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<p>This study investigates how documentary films have constructed narratives of military leadership continuity between the Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916) and the Turkish National War of Independence (1919–1922). Applying computational text mining methods including Named Entity Recognition, co-occurrence analysis, sentiment analysis, and network visualization to 47 documentary films produced between 1965 and 2024, the study examines how Turkish and international sources have represented, emphasized, and mythologized the career trajectories of senior commanders across these conflicts. Results reveal that documentary sources consistently reference 34 senior officers across both contexts, with Turkish productions emphasizing heroic continuity at significantly higher rates than international sources. This representational tendency has evolved substantially across six decades of documentary production, reflecting broader shifts in Turkish historiography from nationalist myth-making toward more pluralistic approaches. The findings offer new insights into how military history is mediated through visual narratives and demonstrate the value of computational methods for analyzing historiographical construction in documentary media.</p>

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Documentary Constructions of Military Leadership Continuity: A Computational Analysis of Turkish Army Senior Commanders from Gallipoli to the War of Independence

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    2026年4月30日

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  • Hakan Kaya,
  • Yavuz Selim Balcıoğlu

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This study investigates how documentary films have constructed narratives of military leadership continuity between the Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916) and the Turkish National War of Independence (1919–1922). Applying computational text mining methods including Named Entity Recognition, co-occurrence analysis, sentiment analysis, and network visualization to 47 documentary films produced between 1965 and 2024, the study examines how Turkish and international sources have represented, emphasized, and mythologized the career trajectories of senior commanders across these conflicts. Results reveal that documentary sources consistently reference 34 senior officers across both contexts, with Turkish productions emphasizing heroic continuity at significantly higher rates than international sources. This representational tendency has evolved substantially across six decades of documentary production, reflecting broader shifts in Turkish historiography from nationalist myth-making toward more pluralistic approaches. The findings offer new insights into how military history is mediated through visual narratives and demonstrate the value of computational methods for analyzing historiographical construction in documentary media.