The 1971 Memorandum did not provide political stability in Turkey. On the contrary, it caused many political crises. The Nihat Erim government resigned in about nine months. President Cevdet Sunay gave Nihat Erim the task of establishing a new government. However, the life of this government was also about four months. Then, Sunay gave Suat Hayri Ürgüplü the duty to establish a new government. However, the president did not approve the list of the Council of Ministers presented by Ürgüplü. Ferit Melen was then assigned as the prime minister. So, in Turkey, a process in which politically neutral governments were at work. But these governments were actually acting under the influence of the soldiers. The soldiers have thought that politicians were applying “populist policies”. According to them, such policies would harm the principles of the Republic and cause “reactionism”.