@pirate1.0: The crisis began on December 27, 1979, when Chief of General Staff Kenan Evren and the four service commanders sent a memorandum to President Fahri Korutürk, warning that the military was prepared to intervene if politicians didn't resolve the country's escalating anarchy and political deadlock. Korutürk, himself a retired admiral, sat on the letter for six days, telling no one—neither the prime minister nor party leaders—claiming later he didn't want to "spoil the people's New Year's. When Evren and the commanders visited him at Çankaya Köşkü on January 1, 1980, to demand action, Korutürk didn't assert his constitutional authority or rally the nation. Instead, he quietly asked the generals to **delay their coup until his presidential term ended in April. He never publicly confronted the military, never removed the commanders, never called on the soldiers under their command to defend civilian rule—he tried to negotiate a postponement. The memorandum was leaked to the press and published on January 2, but Korutürk's silence allowed the coup to unfold without presidential resistance. By the time the coup finally came on September 12, 1980, Evren had a year to plan, and the soldiers followed their generals, not their president—because no one in power ever gave them a reason to choose differently. #turkiye🇹🇷 #coup #History #ottomanempire

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