Understanding of 12 September

The coup of 12 September 1980 is a product of many composed factors.Among which are:the choked of capital regime which was based on import substitution, economic crisis, increase of class conflicts among power block which gives a path to its dissolution, politization and activism of working class, deepening of political tension in the country, accelaration of the crisis of hegemony and representation and the neoliberal restructuring process of global capitalism and Turkey’s integration. In this article, within the context of mentioned factors, the Coup of 12 September 1980 will be examined under the light of the conceptualization of exceptional form of state by Poulantzas. The integration to the neoliberal capitalist system, the restructuring power block and ensuring acumulation regime and restarting of production were the targets that have been tried to be realized through the exceptional form of state of military regime.