42 minutos
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.
Mehmet Ali Birand
Self-Narrator
Cüneyt Arcayürek
Self
Kasim Gülek
Self
Aydin Menderes
Self
Metin Toker
Self
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Self(archive footage)
İsmet İnönü
Self(archive footage)
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü
Self(archive footage)
Berin Menderes
Self(archive footage)
Baha Aksit
Self
Mehmet Ali Aybar
Self
Nilüfer Gürsoy
Self
Ayhan Timurtas
Self
Özden Toker
Self
Celal Bayar
Self(archive footage)
Refik Koraltan
Self(archive footage)
Adnan Menderes
Self(archive footage)
Fethi Okyar
Self(archive footage)
