In 1960, a military coup ended the first era of multi-party democracy in Turkey
After years of rising political tension, a group of mid-ranking Turkish military officers overthrew the democratically elected government in 1960, fundamentally altering the nation's political landscape and establishing a new constitutional order.
In May 1960, the Turkish Armed Forces orchestrated a coup to remove President Celal Bayar and Prime Minister Adnan Menderes from power. The military cited the government's increasingly authoritarian measures and disregard for secular principles as the catalyst for their intervention. This event effectively ended the country's first experiment with multi-party democracy.
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