AP’s Turkey Archive from the Capture of Deniz Gezmiş to 1999 Marmara Earthquake
Recently, Associated Press (AP) shared its archive footages which last a million minutes in total publicly and hundreds of videos regarding Turkey’s recent history are among them.
bianet compiled 13 video footages from the moment when Deniz Gezmiş, an iconic revolutionist young person who was executed by hanging on in 1972, was captured to Marmara Earthquake that occurred on August 17, 1999…
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Deniz Gezmiş gets arrested in Sivas providence on March 18, 1971 and he's taken to Ankara.
AP's interview with Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel over the problems in 1976 between Turkey and Greece.
Interview with Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit over the problems in 1978 between Turkey and Greece.
Meeting of martial law in Turkey's parliament in 1979
Street scene during 1980 Coup d'état
On march 12, 1995, four coffee houses and a pastry shop were raked and a person was killed in Gazi Quarter, a working-class neighborhood where mostly Alevis live. People wanted to demonstrate on March 13, police opened fire and 15 people died.
Demonstration photos in Gazi quarter and Kızılay neighborhood of Ankara after the killings in Gazi quarter on March 14, 1995.
Police use violence against protesters who demonstrated against the arrest of 30 Kurdish politicians including People's Democracy Party (HADEP) Leader Murat Bozlak in 1996.
İstanbul University students clash on May 22, 1997
Tayyip Erdoğan's meeting and conference before he was imprisoned on September 24, 1998
People's reactions, demonstrations in Ankara and Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit' statements after Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Leader Abdullah Öcalan was captured and brought to Turkey on February 16, 1999
People's reactions after Öcalan gets life sentence by court on the prison Island of Imrali
Photos taken from the air over Gölcük district, Two days after August 17, 1999 Marmara Earthquake
(EKN/BD)
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