Topics in the 32.Day Archive
The subjects the archive covers in depth, from Turkish politics and the Kurdish question to the Middle East, the Balkans and the end of the Soviet Union.
Parties, parliament, governments and elections in Turkey.
The Middle East2,543 segmentsIraq, Iran, Syria, Israel and Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Libya and the Gulf states.
The Military2,523 segmentsThe Turkish armed forces and military affairs in the region.
Iraq1,696 segmentsIraq under Saddam Hussein, the Gulf War, the Kurdish north and the 2003 war.
The Kurdish Question1,322 segmentsThe Kurdish issue in Turkey and the region, from the southeast to Northern Iraq.
Elections1,092 segmentsElection campaigns, nights and results, mainly in Turkey.
Diplomacy933 segmentsSummits, foreign ministers, the UN and international negotiations.
The Balkans764 segmentsYugoslavia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania, Bulgaria and Romania from the late 1980s.
Israel and Palestine721 segmentsThe Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the intifada and the peace process.
The Soviet Union579 segmentsThe USSR in its final years under Gorbachev.
The PKK577 segmentsThe PKK, its leadership and its armed campaign. This is the archive's rarest material.
Turkey and Europe490 segmentsTurkey's long road with the European Community and the EU, including the customs union.
Turkish Coups442 segmentsTurkey's military interventions of 1960, 1971, 1980 and 1997.
Russia412 segmentsRussia after 1991, from Yeltsin to Putin.
Iran338 segmentsIran after the revolution: the war with Iraq, internal power struggles and relations with Turkey.
NATO249 segmentsNATO, the Cold War alliance and Turkey's place in it.
Human Rights245 segmentsHuman rights, torture allegations and unsolved political killings.
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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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