September 12 (2010)

Directed by

Özlem Sulak

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany, Turkey

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Survivors of the 1980 Turkish military coup tell their stories. The film documents their firsthand accounts of what happened during that time.

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What happens

September 12 (Turkish: 12 Eylül) is a 2010 German-Turkish documentary film, written, produced and directed by Özlem Sulak, which documents the accounts of survivors of the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. The film was selected for the 16th Festival on Wheels and the 63rd Locarno International Film Festival, where it premiered. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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