Turkey wakes up single-party, goes to bed democracy — what could go wrong?
It's easy to say... After 23 years of single-party rule, Turkey decided to try democracy once again in 1946. In every attempt up to that time, the regime had been turned upside down and given up in a short time. Now a new one was coming. Would he be able to reach the multi-party regime that has been pursued since Atatürk this time? The calendar of democracy began to run on the morning of Monday, January 7, 1946. That day was a turning point in Turkish political history. The Republic of Turkey woke up with a single party in the morning, it was now multi-party...
Direction
Çaplı turns bureaucracy into genuine suspense
Editing
Archival footage cut with ruthless precision
Director
Bülent Çaplı
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Demirkırat was produced during a brief window of Turkish media openness in the early 1990s, making its critical examination of state formation almost impossible just years later.
The title itself is a loaded pun — 'demirkırat' means 'iron hoof,' evoking both democracy's strength and the heavy tread of military and authoritarian influence that would repeatedly interrupt Turkish civilian rule.
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