1980 Turkish coup d'état: Difference between revisions

The 1970s in Turkey was characterized by a political turmoil and violence.<ref name=murat>Gul, Murat. "Architecture and the Turkish City," p. 153</ref> Since 1968–69, a [[proportional representation]] system had made it difficult for any one party to achieve a parliamentary majority. The interests of the industrial [[bourgeoisie]], which held the largest holdings of the country, were opposed by other social classes such as smaller industrialists, traders, rural notables, and landlords, whose interests did not always coincide among themselves. Numerous agricultural and industrial reforms sought by parts of the middle upper classes were blocked by others.