On July 24, 1974, Konstantinos Karamanlis returned from Paris to lead the "Metapolitefsi" (Regime Change). This transition successfully legalized the Communist Party, abolished the monarchy via referendum, and established the Third Hellenic Republic, marking the longest period of democratic stability in Greek history. If you’d like to dive deeper, tell me:
I can expand on any chapter of this history that interests you. On July 24, 1974, Konstantinos Karamanlis returned from
The regime began to crumble in 1973. The bloody suppression of the Polytechnic Uprising in November showed the world the dictatorship's brutality. The final blow came in July 1974, when the Junta organized a coup in Cyprus, triggering a Turkish invasion. Faced with a national catastrophe, the military surrendered power. On July 24