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Military intervention and a crisis of democracy in Turkey : the Menderes era and its demise
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Examines the era of the Democratic Party in Turkey, from its takeover from the People's Republican Party (CHP) with Menderes' election in 1950, to its end with the Turkish Army's coup in 1960. Also...
Examines the era of the Democratic Party in Turkey, from its takeover from the People's Republican Party (CHP) with Menderes' election in 1950, to its end with the Turkish Army's coup in 1960. Also studies the legacy of military intervention in Turkish politics.
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- Creator
- Mogens Pelt
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- English
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- London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris, 2014
- New York, NY : Distributed exclusively in the United States and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan
- ©2014
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- viii, 301 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781848857780, 1848857780
- OCLC
- ocn885424135
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-294) and index.
- The Democratic Party versus the heirs to the one-party regime. The Democratic Party ; The Kemalist revolution and the Ottoman past ; Challenges to the one-party regime in a changing world ; Menderes and counter-Kemalist currents ; The Kemalists hit back -- Menderes' foreign policy. The Cyprus issue ; Turkey and the attempts to tie the Middle East to the West ; A new cold war front line : Turkey versus Syria -- The military versus the Democratic Party and the role of CHP. The road to the 27 May coup ; The military and Menderes ; The 27 May coup d'état and military regime ; Transition from military regime to civilian government -- Conclusion and perspectives. The Menderes era and its demise