1980 ⟶ Turkish Military Coup

General Evren deposes Turkish prime minister in a coup in wh...
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🇹🇷 Military Coup in Turkey

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

🇹🇷 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
TurkeyTurkey

💥 Military Coup in Pakistan led by Pervez Musharraf

General Pervez Musharraf seizes control of Pakistan after a military coup against the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.⟶
Military Coup in Pakistan led by Pervez Musharraf (1999)
PakistanMilitaryCoupPervez MusharrafGovernancePoliticsSouth AsiaNawaz Sharif
PakistanPakistan

💥 Pervez Musharraf Overthrows Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan

General Parvez Musharraf overthrows the democratically elected government of Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan.[14]⟶
Pervez Musharraf Overthrows Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan (2000)
PakistanMilitary CoupPervez MusharrafNawaz SharifGovernancePoliticsSouth AsiaAuthoritarianism
PakistanPakistan