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The 1960 Turkish coup d'état (Turkish: 27 Mayıs Darbesi) was the first coup d'état in the Republic of Turkey. The coup was staged by a group of 38[1]: 103 young Turkish military officers, acting outside the Staff Chiefs' chain of command. It was orchestrated by Alparslan Türkeş and ultimately led on May 27, 1960 by General Cemal Gürsel,[2] against the democratically-elected government of the Democrat Party, which had become increasingly authoritarian[citation needed] towards the end of its ten-year rule.
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Türkeş was a member of the junta (National Unity Committee).