High-ranking military figure from Turkey’s ?Feb 28 process? to be detained from Hurriyet Daily News Turkish police raided 30 locations, including the home of former Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen. Çevik Bir, as part of a probe this morning into the ‘post-modern coup’ of Feb. 28, 1997. Turkey Detains Military Leaders for … Read more
Three Decades After the Coup: Turkey Puts Generals on Trial from Yahoo news I grew up in the long, dark, soul-numbing shadow of Turkey’s 1980 military coup. Although just a child, I recall tanks, manned by young gun-toting soldiers, ominously patrolling our street, months of curfew, my parents’ hushed and anguished late-night conversations over my … Read more
I haven’t seen it yet.
Min Dit: The Children of Diyarbakir
On an empty road near Diyarbakir, life of ten year old Gülistan and her brother Firat takes an abrupt change. Their Father, a political journalist, and their mother are being killed before their very eyes. Having also lost all relatives during the war, Gülistan and Firat are forced to survive on their own.
Review in Turkish.
Cinephiles campaign for supporting an historical movie theatre in Istiklal Street. Emek Sineması.