Suleyman Demirel

Week of Sept. 29, 1980
An uneasy calm prevails in Turkey after the military overthrow of Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel. Despite reports of sporadic violence between leftist guerrillas and right-wing backers of the military regime, General Kenan Evren, the new guardian of the secular state, promises to return the country quickly to civilian rule.

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