Metapolitefsi
Sign in to saveThe Metapolitefsi (, , "regime change") was a period in modern Greek history from the fall of the Ioannides military junta of 1973–74 to the transition period shortly after the 1974 legislative elections.
Key facts
- Historical event.Event_Name
- 1974 swearing-in ceremony of Konstantinos Karamanlis
- Historical event.Location
- Athens
- Historical event.Date
- 24 July 1974 at 4 a.m. (GMT+3)
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Background
- Papadopoulos's failed liberalization process
- 1973 Athens Polytechnic Uprising
- 1973 Ioannides Counter Coup
- EAT/ESA torture of dissenters
- 1974 failed Cypriot coup
- 1974 post-invasion paralysis
- The junta relinquishes power
- Karamanlis sworn in
- Metapolitefsi
- Strategy of democratization
- First years after transition
- See also
- Citations and notes
The Metapolitefsi (, , "regime change") was a period in modern Greek history from the fall of the Ioannides military junta of 1973–74 to the transition period shortly after the 1974 legislative elections.
The metapolitefsi was ignited by the liberalisation plan of military dictator Georgios Papadopoulos, which was opposed by prominent politicians such as Panagiotis Kanellopoulos and Stephanos Stephanopoulos, and halted by the massive Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military junta. The counter coup of Dimitrios Ioannides, and his coup d'etat against President of Cyprus Makarios III, which led to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, brought the dictatorship down.
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