Historical Events in the 32.Day Archive
Coups, wars, peace agreements, scandals and elections covered by 32.Day, each with the catalogued footage that documents it.
From Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 through Operation Desert Storm and its aftermath. 32.Day reported from Baghdad and t…
The Yugoslav Wars539 segmentsThe break-up of Yugoslavia from 1991 and the wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.
The Bosnian War302 segmentsThe war in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995, including the siege of Sarajevo.
The Iraq War, 2003268 segmentsThe US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the occupation that followed.
The 1980 Turkish Coup204 segmentsOn 12 September 1980 the Turkish armed forces under Kenan Evren seized power. The archive holds Birand's 12 Eylül documentary mate…
The Ergenekon Case151 segmentsThe investigation and trials launched in 2007 over an alleged clandestine network.
The Collapse of the Soviet Union144 segmentsThe end of the USSR between 1989 and 1991. Mehmet Ali Birand and the 32.Day crew were in Moscow in December 1991.
The Susurluk Scandal120 segmentsThe November 1996 car crash near Susurluk that exposed links between the police, organised crime and a member of parliament.
The Chechen Wars76 segmentsRussia's wars in Chechnya from 1994, and their echo in Turkey, including the 1996 Avrasya ferry hijacking at Trabzon.
The First Intifada62 segmentsThe Palestinian uprising that began in December 1987.
The Capture of Abdullah Öcalan, 199937 segmentsÖcalan was seized in Nairobi on 15 February 1999 and flown to Turkey. The archive covers the capture, the trial and the debate ove…
The Iran–Iraq War29 segmentsThe war between Iran and Iraq from 1980 to 1988.
The 2002 Turkish General Election28 segmentsThe election of 3 November 2002 that brought the AK Party to power.
The 1971 Military Memorandum26 segmentsOn 12 March 1971 the military forced the Demirel government to resign by memorandum. Covered in Birand's 12 Mart documentary serie…
The 28 February 1997 Process26 segmentsThe 1997 National Security Council decisions that pushed Necmettin Erbakan's government out of office, often called Turkey's 'post…
The 1993 PKK Ceasefire17 segmentsIn March 1993 Öcalan announced a ceasefire at a press conference in Lebanon with Jalal Talabani at his side.
The 1960 Turkish Coup15 segmentsOn 27 May 1960 army officers overthrew the Menderes government. Material in the archive comes mainly from Birand's historical docu…
The PKK–Peshmerga Conflict14 segmentsFighting between the PKK and Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces in Northern Iraq in the 1990s.
The Rabin–Arafat Agreement, 199312 segmentsThe 1993 Oslo agreement between Israel and the PLO, signed by Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat.
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The 32.Day archive
32.Gün (32.Day) was the current-affairs programme created and presented by Mehmet Ali Birand. It first aired on TRT on 1 October 1985 and ran for more than three decades on several Turkish channels. Its crews filmed across Turkey, the Middle East, the Balkans, the Caucasus and the former Soviet Union.
The archive is operated by Birand Yapım in Istanbul. It holds 26,617 catalogued tape segments: broadcast programmes, raw interviews and location rushes, mostly on Betacam and 1-inch tape.
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