The coup that ended 27 years of political life — told by those who lived it.
What Ecevit feared had happened to him. Someone blew the whistle and the game was over. The name of the game was democracy. Those who finished the game, that is, those who took on the role of referees, were soldiers... The September 12 administration started by blaming the administrators, that is, the politicians. According to the military, incompetent and uncompromising politicians were responsible for the crisis in the country. Now they would put new rules into the game and this time there would be no old actors on the field. Ecevit's political life, which lasted for 27 years, was ending on the morning of September 12...
Direction
Can Dündar's unflinching, personal approach to national trauma.
Writing
Narration that treats viewers as adults, not students.
Director
Can Dündar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Can Dündar was sentenced to prison in 2016 for another documentary, proving the film's warnings prescient.
The title references Ecevit's famous 'strawberry blonde' hair, a populist nickname that became a political symbol.
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