Coups
The Counter-Guerrilla carried out the coups of 1971, and 1980. Military coups in 1971 and 1980, and chronic massacres of civilian demonstrators throughout the 1970s, were all led by Counter-Guerrilla/Grey Wolves elements. The Turkish security forces cited the need to restore order which had been shattered by rightist groups secretly sponsored by those same state security forces.
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