Greek junta

The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels ^[a] was a right-wing military dictatorship that controlled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels removed the caretaker government a month before elections that Georgios Papandreou and his political party , Centre Union, would probably win. ^[1]

The dictatorship was anti- communist ^[2] and it restricted civil liberties . It put many people to jail and tortured them. ^[3] Many of the dictators' political enemies were sent into exile . ^[4]

From 1967 to 1973, the junta's leader was Georgios Papadopoulos . ^[5] From 1973 to 24 July 1974, Dimitrios Ioannidis was its leader. He lost control of the Greek state after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus . ^[6]

When the junta lost, the Metapolitefsi ( Greek : Μεταπολ?τευση , meaning "regime change") started. Greece's political system changed to democracy and the Third Hellenic Republic began. ^[7] It has been said that the junta was very much influenced by the CIA . ^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

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↑ Greek : καθεστ?? των Συνταγματαρχ?ν , romanized : kathestos ton Syntagmatarchon , IPA: [kaθes?tos ton sinda?matar?xon] . Also known within Greece as just the Junta (Greek: η Χο?ντα , romanized: i Chounta , IPA: [i ?xunda] ), the Dictatorship (Greek: η Δικτατορ?α , romanized: i Diktatoria , IPA: [i ðiktato?ri.a] ) or the Seven Years (Greek: η Επταετ?α , romanized: i Eptaetia , IPA: [i eptae?ti.a] ). ^[
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↑ "Democracy at Gunpoint | U-M LSA U-M College of LSA" . lsa.umich.edu . Retrieved 2024-01-03 .
↑ Featherstone, Kevin; Sotiropoulos, Dimitri A. (2020-09-15). The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek Politics . Oxford University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-19-882510-4 .
↑ Jr, Anthony F. Lang; Beattie, Amanda Russell (2008-10-27). War, Torture and Terrorism: Rethinking the Rules of International Security . Routledge. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-134-03868-8 .
↑ Karakatsanis, Leonidas; Papadogiannis, Nikolaos (2017-03-27). The Politics of Culture in Turkey, Greece & Cyprus: Performing the Left Since the Sixties . Taylor & Francis. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-317-42821-3 .
↑ Clogg, Richard (1999-06-28). "Georgios Papadopoulos" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-01-03 .
↑ "Former dictator Ioannidis dies at 87 | eKathimerini.com" . www.ekathimerini.com . 2010-08-17 . Retrieved 2024-01-03 .
↑ Featherstone, Kevin; Sotiropoulos, Dimitri A. (2020-09-15). The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek Politics . Oxford University Press. pp. 155, 241. ISBN 978-0-19-882510-4 .
↑ Drew, Elizabeth B. (1968-07-01). "Democracy on Ice: A Study of American Policy Toward Dictatorship in Greece" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2024-01-03 .
↑ Hitchens, Christopher (2001-02-26). "A nation betrayed" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-01-03 .
↑ Graff, Garrett M. (2023-02-14). Watergate: A New History . Simon and Schuster. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-9821-3917-9 .
↑ Cassia, Paul Sant (2005-05-01). Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory and the Recovery of Missing Persons in Cyprus . Berghahn Books. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-80073-507-1 .
↑ Polymeropoulos, Marc E. (2021-06-08). Clarity in Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the CIA . HarperCollins Leadership. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4002-2387-9 .

Other websites [ change | change source ]

Barrett, Matt. "The Rise of the Junta in Greece" .
Barrett, Matt. "November 17, Cyprus and the Fall of the Junta" .

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[1] Greek : καθεστ?? των Συνταγματαρχ?ν , romanized : kathestos ton Syntagmatarchon , IPA: [kaθes?tos ton sinda?matar?xon] . Also known within Greece as just the Junta (Greek: η Χο?ντα , romanized: i Chounta , IPA: [i ?xunda] ), the Dictatorship (Greek: η Δικτατορ?α , romanized: i Diktatoria , IPA: [i ðiktato?ri.a] ) or the Seven Years (Greek: η Επταετ?α , romanized: i Eptaetia , IPA: [i eptae?ti.a] ). ^[
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[2] "Democracy at Gunpoint | U-M LSA U-M College of LSA" . lsa.umich.edu . Retrieved 2024-01-03 .

[3] Featherstone, Kevin; Sotiropoulos, Dimitri A. (2020-09-15). The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek Politics . Oxford University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-19-882510-4 .

[4] Jr, Anthony F. Lang; Beattie, Amanda Russell (2008-10-27). War, Torture and Terrorism: Rethinking the Rules of International Security . Routledge. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-134-03868-8 .

[5] Karakatsanis, Leonidas; Papadogiannis, Nikolaos (2017-03-27). The Politics of Culture in Turkey, Greece & Cyprus: Performing the Left Since the Sixties . Taylor & Francis. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-317-42821-3 .

[6] Clogg, Richard (1999-06-28). "Georgios Papadopoulos" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-01-03 .

[7] "Former dictator Ioannidis dies at 87 | eKathimerini.com" . www.ekathimerini.com . 2010-08-17 . Retrieved 2024-01-03 .

[8] Featherstone, Kevin; Sotiropoulos, Dimitri A. (2020-09-15). The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek Politics . Oxford University Press. pp. 155, 241. ISBN 978-0-19-882510-4 .

[9] Drew, Elizabeth B. (1968-07-01). "Democracy on Ice: A Study of American Policy Toward Dictatorship in Greece" . The Atlantic . Retrieved 2024-01-03 .

[10] Hitchens, Christopher (2001-02-26). "A nation betrayed" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-01-03 .

[11] Graff, Garrett M. (2023-02-14). Watergate: A New History . Simon and Schuster. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-9821-3917-9 .

[12] Cassia, Paul Sant (2005-05-01). Bodies of Evidence: Burial, Memory and the Recovery of Missing Persons in Cyprus . Berghahn Books. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-80073-507-1 .

[13] Polymeropoulos, Marc E. (2021-06-08). Clarity in Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the CIA . HarperCollins Leadership. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4002-2387-9 .

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