TRT Radio's Nostalgic "Behind Tomorrow" Theatres

Sometimes I come across YouTube, when I have something to do, I open it and listen to radio theatre while doing my work.

I think they transferred old radio theatres to YouTube. I think it's great.

While listening, I always remember the radio theatres that used to be listened to in our house in my childhood.

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In radio theatres, there used to be very polite speech dialogues in accordance with the spirit of the time.

You know how it happens in old movies, that's how it is, in fact, nowadays you hear those polite dialogues in radio theatres, which seem a bit contrived to me.

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Uh-oh... (ringing)

- Do you see that Hülya leaving the classroom, Emel? She pushed everyone and ran out the door. Now she'll run to the garden and eat whatever food is on sale! You gluttonous girl!

- Don't talk about your brother like that, Sedat! If you don't like what he does, guide him with kindness. Isn't that what our teacher always says?

- No matter what I do, he always complains to my mum. 

- You're twins, but your behaviour is nothing alike.

- Sure, she's a girl and I'm a boy. But she's so naughty!

- For some reason she doesn't want to get too close to me either.

- Because you're more studious and less naughty.

- Anyway, don't worry. Shall we go out in the garden?

- Yes, let's go out. 

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- What are you entering in the competition?

- Um, poetry and... A a... Our teacher is coming this way. 

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- Ha haa, I think you two are the only ones who didn't go out in the garden, Emel!

- We were just leaving, teacher.

- Sedat? Why so glum?

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Just like this, as you can see, there used to be a very refined language in radio theatres.

That sweet and pleasant language of the old times!

Do you think the dialogues are like this nowadays? 

I think we have changed a lot!

Although back then, such dialogues were only in movies or radio theatres.

I think the language spoken on the street was much harsher and more sincere back then too.

But in any case, I think people were much more respectful to each other in the past.

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Tomorrow After Tomorrow!

Yes, that was the name of the radio theatres. 

Because radio theatres would be in the form of short plays.

Almost everyone would wait with curiosity to see what the continuation of the story would be the next day. 

The next day at the same time of the day, the radio would be turned on and the radio theatre of that day would be expected, and at that time of the day, people in almost every house would have one ear on the radio in curiosity.

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I remember that there were plays on the radio for us children, too. I mean, there were radio theatres for children that I followed.

Although I don't remember almost any of them now, but in general I remember the main differences of these radio theatres from a normal theatre.

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Firstly, at the beginning of each episode there would be a short summary of the previous episodes. In short, the listener would be reminded where the story left off.

Then some sounds such as wind noise, ringing bells, car noises would be interspersed. Sound effects!

At the beginning of the play "Eskici", of which I have briefly written a part above, that part would start with the end of the lesson bell in schools.

Another feature was that each radio theatre had its own transition music for the transitions between the episodes.

A final issue was that since this was a radio theatre, in other words, since there was no visual narration, some details were explained in detail, especially between the speeches, in order for the listener to understand the scene better.

For example:

"Let's take this gold earring, which looks like a four-leaf clover, and take a closer look at it. It's interesting, look, they put small diamonds on the sides of it." Whatever detail was wanted to be conveyed to the listener at that moment, that detail would be beautifully described in words.

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If the same scene was in a film, the camera would approach the earring with a close-up image, the aim was for the details of the earring to be well understood by the audience, and in radio theatres, they would have to do this through voice-over narration.

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As far as I know, radio theatres are no longer produced today.

Radios (FM channels) are now mostly just music channels.

Some radios have also become channels where people who go to work in their cars follow the television on the radio, especially by broadcasting the morning programmes of some television channels. 

Yes, some radios offer such a service so that people do not miss the morning news. 

There are also radio channels that offer only economic news.

But usually during the day, these radio channels turn to music programmes after a while.

In other words, I think radio programmes have already lost their former popularity.

Although it is possible to follow radio channels on the internet.

This is also a good service for enthusiasts.

Internet has entered into every stage of our lives!

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If we return to the radio theatres, who are among the voice actors who dubbed these old radio theatres!

I think the voice actors in Turkey are quite successful compared to any other country in the world. Because this issue was taken very seriously at the time.

Many theatre artists also worked as voice actors.

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There is a website called "RadyoTiyat.net".

On this website, the names of the artists who have performed radio theatre are listed in alphabetical order.

From the late Altan Erbulak to Ayla Algan, Cüneyt Gökçer, Derya Baykal, Füsun Erbulak, Halit Akçatepe, Kenan Işık, Lale Belkıs, Müşfik Kenter, many of whom are now deceased, Thousands of famous radio theatre voice actors such as Nevra Serezli, Perran Kutman, Rüştü Asya, Suna Pekuysal, Şener Şen, Yıldız Kenter, Zeki Alasya, Zuhal Olcay are listed on this site.

The radio theatres of all these artists are also listed under their names. 

So this site seemed to me to be a very useful source of information.

I sincerely congratulate the site administrators.

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Yes, I recommend it, if you miss it too, you can listen to radio theatre on the internet.

I don't know, I like it.

I try to listen to old radio theatres whenever I can.

Love and regards to everyone from Moscow