Franco and Spanish Civil War in Turkish press

Spanish Civil War began in July 1936 under the leadership of General Francisco Franco. The war was happened between phalangists and republicans. According to official sources a total of 50.000 people died from both sides in the war that ended in March, 1939. The biggest financial supporters of the Spanish Civil War were Hitler and Mussolini. The main reason Hitler helped Franco was that he thought he could get help from Franco for an upcoming European war. Franco promised Hitler to help from the very beginning, but did not help Hitler when World War II broke out. In March 1939 Spain began to be ruled under Franco's leadership. The royal was reestablished but it was just symbolic. The king had no authority. Spain was ruled with an authoritarian system by Franco until 1975, the year Franco's death.