History has left scars — on the body of Abidin Ertuğrul, partner of filmmaker Nathalie Borgers. Her film traces them back to 1970s Turkey, when Ertuğrul was shot by fascist militants and the military staged another coup in 1980. As the world applauded, an authoritarian system took hold whose legacy persists today. With powerful archival footage and intimate conversations, Scars of a Putsch tells the story of democratic movements that refuse to be silenced.