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In early November 2017, Turkish authorities issued an arrest warrant for Henri J. Barkey , former Director of the Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, stating that he is an agent of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), that he was present in Istanbul during the 2016 Turkish coup attempt ...
The army was popular and prestigious as the guarantor of the Turkish state and of Turkish multiparty democracy (after its effective establishment following World War II). [1] Cemal Gürsel, leader of the successful 1960 coup. The army first exercised its reserve power in the 1960 Turkish coup d'état.
The 1980 Turkish coup d'état (Turkish: 12 Eylül Darbesi, lit. 'September 12 coup d'état'), headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren , was the third coup d'état in the history of the Republic of Turkey , the previous having been the 1960 coup and the 1971 coup by memorandum .
Turkish military conducted a raid on the Turkish Air Force Academy in Istanbul as well. [73] Major General Cahit Bakir, who commanded Turkish forces under NATO in Afghanistan, and Brigadier General Sener Topuc, responsible for education and aid in Afghanistan, have been detained by authorities in Dubai in connection with Turkey's failed coup. [74]
The 1960 Turkish coup d'état (Turkish: 27 Mayıs Darbesi), also known as the 27th May Revolution (Turkish: 27 Mayıs İhtilali or 27 Mayıs Devrimi), was the first coup d'état in the Republic of Turkey. It took place on May 27, 1960. The coup was staged by a group of 38 [1] young Turkish military officers, acting outside the military chain of ...
Indeed, on 22 April İnönü managed to persuade the Turkish Grand National Assembly to pass an amnesty law that allowed them to return to the ranks. [24] There was a political cost - in return for agreeing to amnesty the coup officers, the Justice Party demanded the early release of Democrat Party prisoners held in Kayseri prison since the ...
According to some sources, there was a coup d'état in 1993 in Turkey, allegedly organised and carried out by elements of the Turkish military through covert means. Although the early 1990s were a period of great violence in Turkey due to the Kurdish-Turkish conflict, 1993 saw a series of suspicious deaths: of President Turgut Özal, leading military figures, and journalists.
My Father and My Son (Turkish: Babam ve Oğlum) is a 2005 Turkish drama film written and directed by Çağan Irmak about a family torn apart by the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. The film which went on nationwide release on 18 November 2005 ( 2005-11-18 ) became one of the highest-grossing Turkish films in history.