1974 ⟶ Turkish Invasion of Cyprus

Turkey launched a military invasion on Cyprus 1974 following...
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🇹🇷 Military Coup in Turkey

Military coup in Turkey purges executive, military, judiciary branches and university.⟶
TurkeyMilitary CoupPoliticsGovernance20th CenturySecularismLeadership
TurkeyTurkey

🇮🇶 Ba'ath Party Coup in Iraq

Ba'ath Party stages a bloodless military coup in Iraq.⟶
Ba'ath Party Coup in Iraq (1968)
Ba'ath PartyCoup d'étatIraqPoliticsArab NationalismMilitary
IraqIraq

⚔️ Yom Kippur War

Yom Kippur War, also known as 1973 Arab-Israeli War, amounting to a failed attempt to recapture the Sinai peninsula and Golan Heights by Egypt and Syria from Israel.⟶
Yom Kippur War (1973)
Arab-Israeli ConflictWarMilitaryPoliticsMiddle EastSinai PeninsulaGolan Heights
IsraelIsraelEgyptEgyptSyriaSyria

🇹🇷 Turkish Invasion of Cyprus

Turkey launched a military invasion on Cyprus 1974 following the coup d'état engineered by the Greek junta.⟶
Turkish Invasion of Cyprus (1974)
WarCyprusTurkeyMilitaryInterventionPoliticsEthnic Conflict
CyprusCyprusTurkeyTurkey

🇵🇰 Zia ul-Haq's Coup in Pakistan

General Zia ul-Haq topples Prime Minister Bhutto in bloodless coup. Zia committed himself to a policy of "Islamization" of Pakistan.⟶
Zia ul-Haq's Coup in Pakistan (1977)
Coup d'étatPakistanZia ul-HaqIslamizationMilitaryPolitics
PakistanPakistan

🇹🇷 Turkish Military Coup

General Evren deposes Turkish prime minister in a coup in which 500,000 were arrested. The military would rule for three years, then Evren acted as president until the end of 1989.⟶
Turkish Military Coup (1980)
TurkeyMilitary CoupPolitical InstabilityGovernancePoliticsKemalismCold WarArmyHuman RightsAuthoritarianism
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