In Turkey, which spans the Eurasian continent, there are not only special cultural crafts such as woven carpets, sepiolites, and cat's eyes, but also more special cuisines and special scenery that cannot be seen elsewhere. In addition, even Turkey's political scene has its own unique characteristics - military coups. After 1960, there was a military coup almost every 10 years.
You know, turkey's army was built against the background of foreign invasion, the meritorious owner of the overthrow of feudal rule, and the guardian of the country's inhabitants, why did they repeatedly launch military coups after 1960? Why has the military been able to surpass the government's influence and only cover the sky in Turkey?
Speaking of which, we have to say the establishment of Turkey. The Ottoman Empire had reached the end of its rope, and the defeat in World War I left the country without room for survival. After 1924, Mustafa Kemal abolished the country's caliphate and established the Republic of Turkey, at which point the Ottoman Empire officially became history.
Although the constitution that has since been introduced limits the powers of the Turkish army, it also clearly stipulates that the country's army cannot participate in political activities, even partisan activities. But in reality, the country's constitution has never been able to limit the supremacy of the Turkish army.
Because of the influence of feudal culture and the heroic resistance of the army in the years of war, the Turkish army has ascended to the supreme altar in the hearts of the residents. Even in the minds of many residents, the army is the national leader of Turkey, and as for the government, it is only the spokesman of the army in society.
In 1960, the beliefs of the Turkish population, the army, staged a mighty military coup. At that time, Turkey's prime minister, Menderes, was popular with poor residents, and his economic policies saved many Turkish families. But because Menderes intends to re-promote "Islam", this touches the red line of "strictly prohibiting religious revival and interference in politics" established by turkey.
In this way, the Turkish army, led by the Chief of the General Staff, overthrew the Menderes government, temporarily established the junta, and executed menderes on multiple charges. Before the democratic government came to power, the junta passed the Internal Service Law of the Turkish Army, which strengthened the military's power to guard the legacy of the founding revolution.
Just a decade into office, the Turkish army has struck again, this time on the grounds of quelling radical conflicts within the government and in society. However, this military coup, there was no bloodshed, some were just a memorandum, the military used the memorandum to inform the then government, hoping to see a "trustworthy" government. In this way, the government of the time immediately resigned en masse.
In 1980, the then-presidential elections lasted five months without results, leading to a severe setback to Turkey's economy. Since democracy cannot elect a government, the military does it itself. The army immediately took over the government, dissolved parliament and once again established a military junta. This junta has once again strengthened the military's ability to manage religion and politics.
In 1997, "religious extremism" broke out again in Turkey, and the country's prime minister was also in power with strong religious overtones, which directly attracted the attention of the military. In order to consolidate Mustafa Kemal's revolutionary legacy, the military once again went out to overthrow the government and use strong tactics to separate politics and religion.
In general, the reason why the Turkish military had such a strong influence at that time was mainly due to the influence of the army itself, and the power given to the army by the military government twice, coupled with the gun in its hand, to overthrow the government repeatedly.