During the coup, he was asked by the Army general Ragıp Gümüşpala on the telephone if he was the most senior among the putschists.

Gümüşpala also said that he would not participate in the putsch if no one that outranked himself was present, other wise he'd march to put an end to the uprising.

Madanoğlu bluffed that General Cemal Gürsel was their leader and he was on a flight to Ankara from İzmir.

[3] Before the coup, he made every subordinate swear an oath not to take part in ministerial office.

[4] However, during a meeting with Cemal Gürsel, he noticed the same subordinates were trying to put together a government that included themselves.

Along with his membership in the committee, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general on August 30, 1960 and assumed the Ankara Martial Law Command.

Due to the disagreements between the members of the National Unity Committee, especially between Cemal Gürsel and himself, and as a result of the establishment of the Armed Forces Union and the request for his withdrawal from the martial law command, he resigned from his duties at the Ankara Martial Law Command on June 6, 1961, together with his membership in the Committee, and retired with the rank of Lieutenant General.

[2] After the coup, he released Democrat Party deputies and brought together Academicians from Istanbul University to provide the Junta with a roadmap back in to democracy.