Kenan Evren assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup.
11 Facts About Kenan Evren
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Kenan Evren was the commander of Operation Gladio's Turkish branch; the Counter-Guerrilla.
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Kenan Evren became Chief of General Staff in March 1978.
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Kenan Evren was selected by then Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit for not being a member of any political group inside the Turkish Military.
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Kenan Evren professed great admiration for the founder of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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Kenan Evren despite being a staunch defender of Kemalism used a religious rhetoric in his speeches to make his remarks more relatable.
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Kenan Evren took strong measures to ensure that the division between the political left and right would not turn into violence again; the new constitution limited the rights and depoliticized the youth.
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On 2 August 2006, a reported plan for assassinating Kenan Evren was thwarted when two men were apprehended and arrested in Mugla.
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Kenan Evren's daughter presided over the reprisal operations against the militant Armenian organization ASALA.
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Kenan Evren married Sekine Kenan Evren in 1944 and they had three daughters, Senay, Gulay and Miray.
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Kenan Evren died at a military hospital in Ankara on 9 May 2015, aged 97.