12 Mart: Gripes (1994)
12 Mart: Gripes
Revolutionaries passed before the streets of the 1960s on the road to democracy. Then the youth with the victory songs, the workers with the rebel flags, the rightists, the leftists and the putschists again. The country spent 12 years in the grip of the revolution and in the end all roads came to the same crossroads. Ankara was restless in the minutes when the ousted prime minister of the Democratic Party, Adnan Menderes, was hanged. The news of Menderes' execution had not yet come. There was an anxious wait in the houses. Ears were on the radio. Everyone was wondering what happened in Imrali. In the Assembly, the National Unity Committee was in a meeting. They were also trying to learn the fate of Menderes. Suddenly, news came that EP Chairperson Ragıp Gümüşpala and Secretary General Şinasi Osman wanted to meet with the committee urgently. The committee members did not break the request of their former commander Gümüşpala and made an appointment for 14:30...
Cast
- Mehmet Ali Birand - Self-Narrator
- Suphi Karaman - Self
- Sıtkı Ulay - Self
- Emin Aytekin - Self
- Cüneyt Arcayürek - Self
- Nuri Beşer - Self
- Ferruh Bozbeyli - Self
- Talat Turhan - Self
- Metin Toker - Self
- Ekrem Alican - Self
Keywords
coup d'etat, turkey, democracy
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is 12 Mart: Gripes about?
- Revolutionaries passed before the streets of the 1960s on the road to democracy. Then the youth with the victory songs, the workers with the rebel flags, the rightists, the leftists and the putschists again. The country spent 12 years in the grip of the revolution and in the end all roads came to the same crossroads. Ankara was restless in the minutes when the ousted prime minister of the Democratic Party, Adnan Menderes, was hanged. The news of Menderes' execution had not yet come. There was an anxious wait in the houses. Ears were on the radio. Everyone was wondering what happened in Imrali. In the Assembly, the National Unity Committee was in a meeting. They were also trying to learn the fate of Menderes. Suddenly, news came that EP Chairperson Ragıp Gümüşpala and Secretary General Şinasi Osman wanted to meet with the committee urgently. The committee members did not break the request of their former commander Gümüşpala and made an appointment for 14:30...
- Who directed 12 Mart: Gripes?
- 12 Mart: Gripes was directed by Bülent Çaplı, Can Dündar.
- Who stars in 12 Mart: Gripes?
- 12 Mart: Gripes stars Mehmet Ali Birand, Suphi Karaman, Sıtkı Ulay, Emin Aytekin, Cüneyt Arcayürek, Nuri Beşer.
- How long is 12 Mart: Gripes?
- 12 Mart: Gripes has a runtime of 43m (43 minutes).
- What genre is 12 Mart: Gripes?
- 12 Mart: Gripes is a Documentary, History film.
- Where was 12 Mart: Gripes produced?
- 12 Mart: Gripes was produced in Turkey.