1674 Talenore coup d'état
The 1674 Talenore coup d'état was initiated on 7.V.1674 and was a successful attempt by Mahmood Sadri Maleki to seize ultimate power with support of the powerful Talenore Defense Force.
Background
The Kalirion Fracture caused an economic depression in Shireroth, spilling over to the Talenore economy. The both the Erb and the Talenore currency Tali collapsed and the island was hit with higher than normal levels of unemployment as many smaller businesses folded. The government adopted the Natopian natopo as its currency, somewhat mitigating the crisis. After the independence of Elwynn and Sanama in 1671 Talenore was hit by mass emigration of Elw, Sanis and Cisamarrese to those nations. It is estimated that around two million Sanis, 1.4 million Elw and around 200,000 Cisamarrese has emigrated since 1671. This added to the already grave situation by removing almost four million taxpayers from the island. The Cisamarrese population is largely involved in the financial sector as well. These events were aggravated by Bassarid intervention and interference, stoking popular unrest through targeted propaganda. While the government intended to act forcefully, opposition parties and left-leaning factions within the National Development Party obstructed necessary responses and reforms. The events culminated in the 3.II.1674 attempted assassination of the Governor General Sadri Maleki. The Governor General survived, but two of his bodyguards were killed.
The coup
On the morning of 7.V.1674 the National Assembly building was surrounded by TDF Army units equipped with tanks and other armored vehicles. Several other strategic places on the island were also surrounded or directly taken under control, like the international airport and the harbor. During the coup, personnel based on the Raspur Pact base on the island refused to get involved, despite repeated and increasingly more desperate pleas from the opposition parties in the National Assembly. Units from the Gendarmerie closed of an area of roughly ten blocks from the National Assembly building. The standoff ended in the afternoon when units from the SAS breached the building and arrested the opposition leadership. Charges of treason are pending in the courts. Prosecutors are investigating possible connections between the opposition and the Bassarids. Later in the evening, Mahmood Sadri Maleki declared the constitution temporarily suspended in a televised speech.
