CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005705897
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 28, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-01912
• Publication Date: May 27, 1960

27 May 1960
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parently bloodless coup in the .early morning of 27 May. President
Bayar, most cabinet ministers in Ankara, and several of the highest
ranking' army officers are: reported under arrest, Prime "Minister
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The coup was carried out by younger officers, with cadets of the mili-
tary academy apparently taking a major role. Representatives of
the "military council" which is in control called at the American Embas-
sy almost immediately to give assurances that the coup was directed
only against the Menderes government and that Turkey would remain
"a stanch ally of the United States as well as a devoted member.of
NATO. " These military representatives promised early free elections
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Brigadier General Ref 1k Tulga has taken over
lmlwmammm as mayor and governor of Istanbul- He is a former military
attache in the United States and is described as "exceedin l MNI pro=American,
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