coup d'etat

Democracy was restored months later, after the Greek junta engineered a botched coup d'etat in Cyprus that prompted a Turkish invasion.

From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025

President Park Chun-hee, a military dictator who took power in a coup d’etat in 1963, suggested that the company make the broth spicy in order to appeal to Korean palates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2024

In the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, there has been a civil war going on since a military coup d’etat in 2021.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2023

West Africa's main regional and economic bloc, ECOWAS, said it was concerned about an attempted coup d'etat and called on the plotters to free Bazoum.

From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2023

After the unsuccessful coup d'etat of April 1965, there was a resurgence of secret police activity with the creation of the new Committee of State Security.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut

Most Americans don’t fear a military coup d’état, because they are confident that the armed forces’ loyalties lie with the Constitution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

“A coup d’état does not result from isolated acts or individual demonstrations lacking coordination, but rather from the actions of organized groups, equipped with resources and strategic capacity to confront and replace the incumbent power.”

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2025

“In time of coup d’état and autocracy in Africa, this election is an opportunity to reinforce a unique democracy in central Africa,” said Fred Bauma, executive director of Congolese research institute Ebuteli.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

“After I started writing about the problem of the coup d’état, they didn’t invite me again,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023

Subsequent to this coup d’état, the Professor did a little venting of feelings in his turn.

From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount