The morning of September 12, 1980... Prisoners, many of them not yet in their twenties, are woken up by announcements blasting over the sound system: "Armenians, Greeks, communists and traitors shall be brought to account" Nothing would ever be the same again for these young men, who risked their lives in the name of a struggle for "beautiful, sunny days"... Davutpaşa Mid 3 presents portraits of 42 human beings who shred their fate in the Mid 3 ward of Davutpaşa Military Prison in the lead-up to and aftermath of the 12 September 1980 military coup d'êtat, that left an indelible mark on the recent history of Turkey.
The morning of September 12, 1980... Prisoners, many of them not yet in their twenties, are woken up by announcements blasting over the sound system: "Armenians, Greeks, communists and traitors shall be brought to account" Nothing would ever be the same again for these young men, who risked their lives in the name of a struggle for "beautiful, sunny days"... Davutpaşa Mid 3 presents portraits of 42 human beings who shred their fate in the Mid 3 ward of Davutpaşa Military Prison in the lead-up to and aftermath of the 12 September 1980 military coup d'êtat, that left an indelible mark on the recent history of Turkey.