THE ECO-EMEREGENCY CALLS IN "ANDROMEDA STRAIN" (1969) AND "ISTANBUL IN TERROR" (1966)

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This study aims to analyze and compare the ecological metaphors related to the concepts of “BIRTH,” “NATURE,” “VIRUS,” and “DEATH” within the framework of Arran Stibbe’s (2021) ecolinguistic theory for finding a universal way for the protection of nature that appears as a police/detective that catches and arrests murderer viruses conceptual metaphorically in the American novel entitled “Andromeda Strain” (1969) by Michael Crichton that was adapted into a movie in 1971 by its producer and director Robert Wise and the Turkish movie “İstanbul Dehşet İçinde” [“Istanbul in Terror”] (1966) directed by Ilhan Engin and produced by Kemal Demircioglu. 
On the one hand, in “Andromeda Strain” (1969; 1971), just a homeless man and a baby get saved from a virus that has murdered every other inhabitant of a village in New Mexico after a satellite crash. On the other hand, in “İstanbul Dehşet İçinde” [“Istanbul in Terror”], a global gang called Mirak intends to contaminate the water resources of Turkey, Greece, England, France, Italy, and the U.S. with cholera and plague viruses to sell the injections its members may produce; however, the gang gets caught. 
To conclude, this study shows that both works address that evil humans try to destroy the earth’s resources via viruses with the following ecolinguistic metaphors that underline benevolent humans’ urgent need to stop these other malevolent humans who attempt to destroy the environment for being extremely wealthy, by leading to a massacre: VIRUSES ARE GUNS/BOMBS/MURDERES/THIEVES/TERRORISTS/CRIMINAL TOOLS/MONEY, NATURE/WATER/SOIL/AIR IS A VICTIM/A JUDGE/A DETECTIVE/A POLICE OFFICER, HUMANS ARE DEFENDANTS, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IS A JAIL/DEATH, HEALTH IS A COURT, FRESH AIR IS BIRTH, and NATURAL EMERGENCY IS FIRE. Besides, metaphorically, more importantly, and alarmingly, VIRUSES ARE NOT PRODUCTS OF THE MOTHER EARTH. Both works can be used in environmental education for teaching that environmental resources must be protected. 
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Crichton, Michael. 1969. The Andromeda strain. New York: Dell.
Engin, Ilhan (director), Kemal Demircioglu (producer and screenplay writer). 1966. İstanbul Dehşet İçinde [İstanbul in Terror]. Istanbul: Lamek Film.
Stibbe, Arran. 2021. Ecolinguistics: language, ecology and the stories we live by. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge
Wise, Robert (producer and director), Nelson Gidding (screenplay writer), and Michael Crichton (novelist). 1971. The Andromeda strain. California: Universal.

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THE ECO-EMEREGENCY CALLS IN "ANDROMEDA STRAIN" (1969) AND "ISTANBUL IN TERROR" (1966)