01 Jan 2015
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Demirkırat: Victory
Demirkırat: Victory
Societies, like people, have turning points in their histories. These milestones sometimes silently and spontaneously knock on the door, and sometimes they explode like a terrifying thunderclap. The year 1950 was such a turning point for Turkey. A simmering social reaction against 27 years of power erupted in the spring of 1950. Society has cracked its quarter-century shell. Not by shedding blood in the streets, but by voting at the ballot boxes. "Demirkırat" was reared by the general vote. That's why the 14 May 1950 elections were always called the "White Revolution"...
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Mehmet Ali Birand Self-Narrator
Özden Toker Self
Kasim Gülek Self
Nihat Subaşı Self
Cüneyt Arcayürek Self
Aydin Menderes Self
Orhan Birgit Self
Seyfi Kurtbek Self
Hayrettin Erkmen Self
Metin Toker Self
Esat Budakoğlu Self
Mükerrem Sarol Self
Baha Akşit Self
Adnan Menderes Self(archive footage)
İsmet İnönü Self(archive footage)
Celal Bayar Self(archive footage)
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