1960 Turkish coup d'état

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The military coup in Turkey, 1960 was a coup d'etat staged by a group of radical officers in their mid-forties and in the ranks of colonel and below of the Turkish Armed Forces against the 19th government of the Democratic Party on May 27, 1960. The post-coup head of the military unit was General Cemal Gürsel by invitation upon completion of the military take-over. The military junta returned the power to civilians 17 months later in October 1961 by General Gursel who resisted against military rule.

President Celal Bayar, Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and some members of the cabinet were arrested and put on trial before a civilian-military tribunal on the island Yassıada in the Sea of Marmara. The politicians were charged for high treason, misuse of public funds to abrogation of the constitution Tribunals ended with the execution of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes, Minister for Foreign Affiars Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Minister of Finance Hasan Polatkan on the island İmralı^{[citation needed]} on September 16, 1961.