Word: turca
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This is precisely what Madrid politicians fear most. For months there has been talk among the military and right-wing civilians about simultaneously ending both the constant threat of terrorist acts by Basque separatists and the bothersome problems of Spanish democracy a la turca-in the style of the tough Turkish generals who took over their country last fall...
...moved decisively against the arrested officers. Calvo-Sotelo believes that any attempt to neutralize the generals' political influence will simply provoke more outbreaks of right-wing terror, perhaps culminating in a successful coup that would indeed bring the military and its allies to power a la turca...