26 Oct 2023
The Last Dinner
The movie takes place in the kitchen of Cankaya Mansion on Sunday night, October 28, 1923, a day before the proclamation of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey and formally marking the end of the Ottoman Empire.
Demirkırat: Chief
Demirkırat: Chief
The multi-party democratic regime that we take for granted in Turkey today is actually the product of 23 years of struggle and search. From the establishment of the Republic until 1946, three attempts were made to transition from a single party to a multi-party. The first of these was in 1924. Progressive Republican Party came up against the Republican People's Party that ruled the country. However, this period, when a new republic was built in pain, did not allow an oppositional voice to survive. The Progressive Party was closed after six months. Some of the rulers were imprisoned. Some of them were sentenced on death rows in the case of the assassination of Atatürk.The second attempt was made six months later, in 1930, with the Free Party. But the Free Party survived only 97 days.Finally, after another 16 years, the Democrat Party came in 1946 and the one-party regime became history for Turkey, never to return.
Top Billed Cast
Mehmet Ali Birand Self-Narrator
Cüneyt Arcayürek Self
Kasim Gülek Self
Aydin Menderes Self
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü Self(archive footage)
Berin Menderes Self(archive footage)
Baha Akşit Self
Mehmet Ali Aybar Self
Ayhan Timurtaş Self
Özden Toker Self
Refik Koraltan Self(archive footage)
Fethi Okyar Self(archive footage)
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