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Between 1930 and 1976, six military coups in Türkiye marked a period in which the country’s democratization process was repeatedly interrupted, accompanied by economic crises and political instability. The transition to democracy in the country became a complex struggle not merely defined by elections but also by the difficult establishment of democratic norms and institutions. Although the return to democracy in 1983 was regarded as a new beginning for Türkiye, the institutionalization of the d

Mustafa Cambaz was born on 18 November 1963 in the village of Menetler, in the Gümülcine province of Greece. Cambaz, who came from a Western Thrace Turkish family, spent his childhood and youth in this region. Like many Western Thrace Turks living in Greece, he was expected to fulfill compulsory military service. However, Cambaz refused military service, deciding to leave his village and country with the statement, “I will not serve in the Greek army.” He migrated to Türkiye and settled in Istan