Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan abubuwan da suka faru na tayar da dalibai a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba a Jami'ar Fasaha ta Athens (duba
Athens Polytechnic tawaye), an kifar da mulkin kama karya a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba 1973 ta hanyar tsattsauran ra'ayi a cikin Sojoji. Tashin hankali kan Papadopoulos da ke dogaro da sojoji don murkushe tawayen dalibai ya ba Brigadier Dimitrios Ioannidis wata hujja don korar shi kuma ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin sabon mai karfi na mulkin. An tsare Papadopoulos a gidansa, yayin da Girka ta koma mulkin soja na "orthodox".