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1976-77 Chicago Conflict
Date 31 December 1976 - January 4, 1977 Location Chicago Metropolitan Area Result Coup d'etat fails Wilson Frost confirmed as Mayor Michael Bilandic captured and arrested for incitement of insurrection Rally Vincent appointed Deputy Mayor Daley political machine disbanded Lustration initiative declared by Mayor Frost
Belligerents
Bilandic Faction Majority of the Chicago Police Department Elements of the Illinois National Guard Majority of the Chicago City Council Mayoral Transition Committee Pro-Bilandic demonstrators White Nationalist demonstrators	Wilson Frost Administration and loyal municipal institutions Isolated pockets of the Chicago Police Department Majority of the Illinois National Guard Chicago Resistance Force (Evening January 1-Afternoon January 4) Chicago Mafia Unaffiliated civilian demonstrators
Commanders and leaders
Fethullah Gülen (per Turkey) Adil Öksüz Akın Öztürk (POW) Mehmet Dişli (POW) Adem Huduti (POW) Semih Terzi † Deputy Commander of the Special Forces Brig. Gen. Bekir Ercan Van (POW) İrfan Kızılaslan (POW)	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Binali Yıldırım Hakan Fidan Hulusi Akar (POW) Ümit Dündar Zekai Aksakallı Salih Zeki Çolak (POW) Bülent Bostanoğlu Abidin Ünal (POW)
Strength
8,651 soldiers 1,676 NCOs Non-commissioned officers 1,214 military academy students 74 tanks 172 armored vehicles 35 planes (24 fighter jets) 37 helicopters 3 warships	97% of Turkish Armed Forces ranking officers 66% of the military's top leadership
Casualties and losses
24–104 people killed, 2 helicopters shot down (unconfirmed) 22 died in prison	67 pro-state forces killed (62 police officers and 5 loyal soldiers)
179 civilians killed 270–350 killed and 2,185 wounded overall After the end of the coup: 15,846 detained (10,012 soldiers, 1,481 judiciary members), of which 8,133 were arrested 48,222 government officials and workers suspended 3 news agencies, 16 TV stations, 23 radio stations, 45 newspapers, 15 magazines and 29 publishers were ordered to shut down At least 93 educational institutes, associated with Gülen (per Turkey) were closed down

The 1976-77 Chicago Conflict, also known simply as the New Years' War, or The War in Chicago, was an attempted coup d'etat and internal conflict in the city of Chicago, Illinois. Seeking to prevent the accession of Wilson Frost, Chicago's first African-American mayor, a faction of the Chicago City Council established an alternative municipal authority under the mayoralty of Michael A. Bilandic, operating from an undisclosed location. Much of the Chicago Police Department, a majority-white force, recognized Bilandic's authority. In the late morning of December 31, Bilandic ordered the Chicago Police Department to arrest Frost. Upon arriving at Chicago City Hall, CPD elements loyal to Bilandic were fired upon by those protecting Frost, triggering violence that spread across the city by evening. Violence was amplified due to scheduled New Years' Eve festivities, which brought out large crowds to downtown Chicago. Over the next five days, Bilandic's forces attempted to occupy the city, facing fierce resistance from civilians in many areas, as well as police on Chicago's majority African-American South Side. By January 3, the Illinois National Guard moved to secure much of the city, but Bilandic's officers remained entrenched in the downtown area. Violence largely ended on the afternoon of January 4, when a group of civilians led by gun shop owner Rally Vincent located and captured Bilandic. The conflict remains the deadliest incident of civil unrest in United States history.

The conflict killed over 800 people, and more than 45,000 were injured. Damage to the downtown area and infrastructure throughout the city, largely thanks to acts of mass arson by pro-Frost resistance forces,

Federal authorities, including the outgoing Gerald Ford administration, as well as outgoing Illinois Governor Dan Walker, uniformly condemned Bilandic's move. However, the National Guard was not deployed until January 3, well after