Zincirbozan is a location in
Çanakkale Province,
Turkey, notable because of its fame as the compulsory residence of politicians in 1983.
Zincirbozan is situated in
Çardak belde of
Lapseki ilçe (district) facing the
Sea of Marmara. Formerly there was a military establishment in Zincirbozan.
Following the
1980 Turkish coup
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, the military rule decided to allow the formation of new parties with severe restrictions. However, former senior politicians were not permitted to participate in the new parties. A party which was founded by the former senior politicians, i.e.,
Great Turkey Party
Great Turkey Party ( tr, Büyük Türkiye Partisi, BTP) was a short lived Turkish political party in 1983.
Background
After the coup of 1980, all political parties were closed by the military rule (so called National Security Council or tr ...
was closed and any politician who was thought to disobey this rule was taken under custody in Zincirbozan. Some of this politicians were former
Justice Party (AP) and some were former
Republican People's Party
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(CHP) members.
AP members were;
Suleyman Demirel
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Suleyman
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(former prime minister),
İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil (former speaker of the upper house),
Hüsamettin Cindoruk,
Nahit Menteşe, Ali Naili Erdem, Ekrem Ceyhun, Saadettin Bilgiç, Yiğit Köker, and Mehmet Gölhan
CHP Members were
Sırrı Atalay (former speaker of the parliament),
Deniz Baykal,
Süleyman Genç
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, Metin Tüzün, Celal Doğan, Ferhat Altıntaş, and Yüksel Çakmur.
Their compulsory residence, continued between 1 June 1983 – 30 September 1983
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Aftermath
In later years some of these names continued in politics. For example, Süleyman Demirel became the chairman of
True Path Party (1987) and prime minister . Later he was elected as the
President of Turkey (1993). Deniz Baykal became the chairman of CHP (1992) and vice prime minister (1995), Hüsamettin Cindoruk became the chairman of True Path Party (1985) and the speaker of the parliament (1992).
Film
In 2007 a film named ''Zincirbozan'' was released. Its screenplay was by Avni Özgürel and was directed by Atıl İnaç. The actors were by Bülent Emin Yarar, Suavi Eren and Haldun Boysan.
References
Lapseki District
Populated places in Çanakkale Province
1983 in Turkey
Republican People's Party (Turkey) politicians
Justice Party (Turkey) politicians
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