Die Frauen von Mamak

After the military coup on September 12, 1980, a junta from the General Staff took power in Turkey as the National Security Council. Immediately, a wave of arrests began, and military courts sentenced political opponents to prison terms and death sentences. One of the most notorious torture centers was the military prison in Mamak. "The Women of Mamak" gathers the collective memories of 50 surviving revolutionary women regarding imprisonment, torture, and solidarity. The women describe their politicization after 1968, the social struggles of the 1970s, their critical engagement in a male-dominated society, their imprisonment, and what has enabled them to continue living.