The May 27 coup was directly against the DP government, which was in power at that time. In this context, the DP was eliminated from politics and the executives of the party were tried. But the other parties were not banned. Furthermore, NGOs were not touched much except the pro-DP ones. Nevertheless, the March 12 Memorandum affected different political movements within the country. After the intervention, the National Order Party (Milli Nizam Partisi-MNP) and Worker’s Party of Turkey (Türkiye İşçi Partisi-TİP) were closed. In addition, after the intervention, a large number of people who came from different ideological backgrounds were arrested