51 minutos
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...
Mehmet Ali Birand
Self-Narrator
Adnan Menderes
Self(archive footage)
İsmet İnönü
Self(archive footage)
Celal Bayar
Self(archive footage)
Rıfkı Salim Burçak
Self
Aydin Menderes
Self
Muhsin Batur
Self
Ercüment Yavuzalp
Self
Suphi Karaman
Self
Altemur Kılıç
Self
Cemal Madanoğlu
Self
Alparslan Türkeş
Self
Mustafa Tayyar
Self
Metin Toker
Self
Hayrettin Erkmen
Self
Mükerrem Sarol
Self
