celalettin can remembers the military coup of 1980 very well. he was a student in istanbul at the time. to this day, he is haunted by the brutality he experienced. >> this is where they arrested me. i was wedged between two cars. the police jumped out, put a sack over me, and brought me to the police station. there the so-called interrogation began. they beat the soles of my feet, administered electric shocks, deprived me of sleep and shouted abuse at me. that was for two days. >> some 650,000 people were arrested in the course of a few days. they included left-wing activists like can, liberal thinkers and many kurds. the putsch took place on spetember 12th, 1980, following a period of unrest between left and right-wing groups. martial law was declared. istanbul's taksim square became a symbol of the coup. last week, this square was once again occupied by soldiers determined to overthrow the government and seize power. days later, people stop to take photographs here. thousands of akp supporters answered erdogan's call to take to the streets to