As the 27 May military coup approaches incidents in Topkapı and in the Yassiada trials panorama of the case

Starting with the May 14, 1950 elections, the Democrat Party's mandate to govern the country ended after ten years with a military coup. With the May 27, 1960 military intervention, the country was governed for a while by the National Unity Committee. Among the decisions taken by the MBK in the country, it was the Yassıada Trials that led to the most striking developments and caused debates in Turkish political life until today. One of the trials in which Celal Bayar, Adnan Menderes and many DP members were put on trial was the mass attack on İsmet İnönü during his entrance to Istanbul on May 4, 1959. After the 1957 general elections, CHP President İnönü's trips abroad disturbed the government. The election results boosted the opposition's self-confidence and caused the government to panic. The social unrest that broke out in the country due to the political tension between the ruling party and the opposition was seen as one of the developments that brought the DP government to an end. In the Topkapı Events Case, many people were tried as defendants and witnesses with the allegation that there was a plot to assassinate İnönü. It is noteworthy that the Topkapı Incidents took place shortly before the coup d'état of May 27, 1960 and became the basis for the military intervention in the special court established after the coup. The allegations, accusations, defenses of the defendants, and the hearing of the vi witnesses during the hearings were recorded in the minutes and newspapers of the period. The Topkapı Events Case will be analyzed in the light of the High Court of Justice's Trial Minutes and archival documents and will be the main subject of this thesis. Key Words: 27 The 1960 Turkish Coup, Topkapi Events, Ismet Inonu, Yassiada, Democrat Party, Republican People‟s Party