28 February operation

The 28 February operation in Turkey was the military overthrowing of the coalition government led by Necmettin Erbakan of the Welfare Party on February 28, 1997.

Instead of dissolving the parliament or withdrawing the constitution, the Turkish Military pressured Erbakan to step down. [cite news|url=http://washingtontimes.com/news/2005/jun/25/20050625-104911-8659r/
title=Reforms curb Turkey's armed forces
work=Washington Times
first=Seth
last=Rosen
date=2008-07-27
accessdate=2005-06-25] For this reason, the events were labelled a "postmodern coup" by some.cite news|url=http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/1997/06/28/y12.html
work=Sabah
accessdate=2008-07-27
date=1997-06-27
title=Post-modern darbe
first=Cengiz
last=Çandar
authorlink=Cengiz Çandar
language=Turkish] [cite news|url=http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2007/02/28/siy106.html
title='Post-modern darbe' tanımının 10 yıllık sırrı
accessdate=2008-07-27
date=2007-02-27
work=Sabah
language=Turkish
first=Metehan
last=Demir]

ee also

*Military coup in Turkey, 1960
*Military coup in Turkey, 1971
*Military coup in Turkey, 1980

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