Turkish military government after 1980 coup

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The Turkish military government after the 1980 coup was an authoritarian junta that seized control of Turkey, dissolved parliament, suspended the constitution, and carried out widespread political repression, arrests, and human rights abuses.

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instanceOf military junta
bannedPoliticalParties Justice Party
National Salvation Party
Nationalist Movement Party
Republican People's Party
cameToPowerBy 1980 Turkish coup d'état
chairmanOfRulingCouncil Kenan Evren
constitutionalInstrument 1982 Constitution of Turkey
country Turkey
dissolvedBody Grand National Assembly of Turkey
endTime 1983-11-06
executiveBody National Security Council (Turkey, 1980–1983)
expandedPowersOf National Security Council (Turkey)
Turkish Armed Forces
followedBy Government of Turgut Özal (1983–1987)
headOfState Kenan Evren
humanRightsRecord arbitrary detention
forced disappearances
political executions
widespread torture
ideology Turkish nationalism
anti-communism
authoritarianism
introducedMeasure ban on demonstrations
ban on strikes
curfews
martial law across Turkey
press censorship
state security courts
leader Kenan Evren
legislativeBody National Security Council (Turkey, 1980–1983)
limitedCivilLiberties freedom of association
freedom of expression
freedom of the press
numberOfArrestsEstimate hundreds of thousands
numberOfPoliticalPrisonersPeakEstimate over 100000
organizedReferendum 1982 Turkish constitutional referendum
precededBy Government of Süleyman Demirel (1979–1980)
reasonForCoupClaimed combat political extremism
prevent civil war
restore law and order
restrictedPoliticalActivity student organizations
restrictedPoliticalActivity trade unions
resultedIn long-term political influence of Turkish military
rewroteConstitution 1982 Constitution of Turkey
startTime 1980-09-12
suspendedConstitution 1961 Constitution of Turkey
transitionedTo controlled multi-party elections in 1983

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Tarık Akan imprisonedBy Turkish military government after 1980 coup
Constitution of Turkey (1982) draftedAfter 1980 Turkish military coup d'état
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Kenan Evren participatedIn Turkish military coup d'état of 1980
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Kenan Evren movement Turkish military junta (1980–1983)
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Motherland Party foundedAfter 1980 Turkish coup d'état
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Turkish military government after 1980 coup cameToPowerBy 1980 Turkish coup d'état
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Motherland Party (Turkey) cameToPowerAfter 1980 Turkish coup d'état
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1960 Turkish coup d'état influenced 1980 Turkish coup d'état
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Alparslan Türkeş detainedBy Turkish military government
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MSP bannedAfterEvent 1980 Turkish coup d’état
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