Abstract:

During the three coupes of May 27, 1960, March 12, 1971 and September 12, 1980, the death penalty for political crimes was discussed. Members of the National Union Committee, which conducted the May 27 coup, unanimously approved the death penalty of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and two ministerial friends (Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Hasan Polatkan). With the end of the coup period, the former committee members of the Republic Senate, of course senator, this time showed a very different attitude in the face of the execution discussions in the period of March 12. And the sea, and the sea, and the sea, and the sea, and the sea, and the sea, and the sea, and the sea, and the sea, and the sea, and the sea, and the sea. Menderes and his friends who have been constantly criticizing the deaths throughout their political life, the right parties have acted in favor of the death penalty in the period of 12 March. The place where the deadly discussions of the 12th of March were the most intense; the National Assembly and the Republic Senate. In the Senate, where the proposals for the death penalty were discussed twice, the senators with similar views to the right-wing parties defended the execution of the death penalty; of course, the senators, especially with the CHP Group, had a great struggle to stop the death penalty. There was a lot of interesting discussions in the Senate where groups with different opinions shared their views on the death penalty. The purpose of this investigation is to reveal, of course, how the senators stand against the death penalty discussions in the period of March 12. It is also to detail the contents and results of the discussions between the senator and the parties who are in favor of the execution and the subjects who are against the execution. In the preparation of the research, the Senate's positions were mainly used by newspapers, memoirs and various authoritarian works. The method is also used as a document analysis technique.

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