(20 Oct 1974) The Greek Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis attended an election rally in Athens. The military government in Greece collapsed on the 23rd July 1974, at which time the former prime minister Constantine Karamanlis was invited to return. Huge crowds gathered to greet him at Athens airport and scenes of jubilation in the streets of the Greek capital followed, marking the beginning of a return to democracy. Conservative Karamanlis, 67, was prime minister for an unprecedented eight years until the centre-left won power in the country's last democratic election in 1963. The military junta led by Colonel Papadopoulos, Colonel Makarezos and Brigadier Pattakos seized power in Greece in April 1967. The regime, controlled by Brigadier Ionnides, crumbled over the growing crisis in Cyprus following the Turkish invaision. Karamanlis is seen attending the rally only a few months after his return to power.
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