1960 Turkish Coup D' Tat

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The military coup in Turkey, 1960 was a coup d'état staged by a group of Turkish army officers, against the democratically elected government of the Democrat Party on 27 May 1960. The leaders of the coup made General Cemal Gürsel, who had not taken any role in the coup, head of state, prime minister and the minister of defence upon completion of the military take-over. The military junta returned the power to civilians 17 months later in October 1961, after General Gürsel resisted the continuation of military rule.