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
as Self-Narrator
Adnan Menderes
as Self(archive footage)
İsmet İnönü
as Self(archive footage)
Celal Bayar
as Self(archive footage)
Rıfkı Salim Burçak
as Self
Aydin Menderes
as Self
Muhsin Batur
as Self
Ercüment Yavuzalp
as Self
Suphi Karaman
as Self
Altemur Kılıç
as Self
Cemal Madanoğlu
as Self
Alparslan Türkeş
as Self