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

"We are no longer there to be the substitute for a coup d'etat or a failing political process," Macron said.

From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2023

Our misery is great, our wages hardly buy bread for our children and ourselves; will our distress be any greater after the coup d'etat than before?

From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue

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

“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

Canada will suspend direct development assistance to the government of Niger in response to the attempted coup d’état in the West African nation, the federal government said on Saturday.

From Reuters ● Aug. 6, 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

Don Pedro hastily left to organize the coup d'état, and to hire a special body of claqueurs for the occasion.

From Strange Stories by Grant Allen