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) ⓘ
linked to: Turkish military government after 1980 coup
Motherland Party → foundedAfter → 1980 Turkish coup d'état ⓘ
linked to: Turkish military government after 1980 coup
Turkish military government after 1980 coup → cameToPowerBy → 1980 Turkish coup d'état ⓘ
linked to: Turkish military government after 1980 coup
Motherland Party (Turkey) → cameToPowerAfter → 1980 Turkish coup d'état ⓘ
linked to: Turkish military government after 1980 coup
1960 Turkish coup d'état → influenced → 1980 Turkish coup d'état ⓘ
linked to: Turkish military government after 1980 coup
Alparslan Türkeş → detainedBy → Turkish military government ⓘ
linked to: Turkish military government after 1980 coup
MSP → bannedAfterEvent → 1980 Turkish coup d’état ⓘ
linked to: Turkish military government after 1980 coup