1960 Turkish coup
1960 · Event
The army overthrows the elected Menderes government and later executes him, the first of several military interventions in Turkish politics.
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- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Turkish War of Independence (1919)
- Suleiman the Magnificent (1494)
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