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Demirkırat: Victory

Demirkırat: Victory

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 28, 1991

Runtime

0h 40m

Genres

Documentary, History

Original Title

Demirkırat: Zafer

Production Companies

Turkish Radio & Television

Director

Can Dündar

Description

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"...