Demirkırat: Coup Poster

Demirkırat: Coup

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While the government was in a deep sleep, the brain staff of the revolution was completing its final preparations at the Military Academy, there were only a few hours left for the revolution that had been prepared for six years. Despite six years of preparation, there was actually no serious plan at hand. An unplanned, unscheduled full night raid was to be organized. The management level of the army was pro-government. Therefore, it was impossible for the intervention to take place within the chain of command. This was to be a grassroots military operation. The army of the operation consisted of young cadets. Except for the Harbiye, there was no force at hand. It was even possible for units such as the Guards Regiment and the Central Command to resist. That's how the day of May 27 began with the unknown and risks. Major General Cemal Madanoğlu, the commander of the Revolution Headquarters, would have the last word...

Featured Crew

Can Dündar
Director
Bülent Özkan
Assistant Production Manager
Jay Rohrer
Art Direction

Cast

Mehmet Ali Birand
Mehmet Ali Birand
Self-Narrator
Adnan Menderes
Adnan Menderes
Self(archive footage)
İsmet İnönü
İsmet İnönü
Self(archive footage)
Celal Bayar
Celal Bayar
Self(archive footage)

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