The 1980 Turkish coup d'état (Turkish: 12 Eylül Darbesi), headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren, was the third coup d'état in the history of the Republic of Turkey, the previous having been the 1960 coup and the 1971 coup by memorandum.. During the Cold War era, Turkey saw political violence (1976–1980) between far-left, far-right (Grey Wolves), …

The Coup d'état of December Twelfth and the Coup d'état of May Seventeenth ended the Fourth Republic of South Korea and led to the establishment of the Fifth Republic of South Korea. The coup, alongside the Gwangju Massacre is the primary justification of Chun's 1995 arrest by the Kim Young-sam administration. See also