• morning of March 6, 1933, following the parliamentary elections held on March 5, a military operation commenced in Athens, Greece under the leadership...
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    The attempted coup d'état of March 1935 (Greek: Κίνημα του 1935) was a Venizelist revolt against the People's Party government of Panagis Tsaldaris, which...
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    Soldiers Fly To Greece For Asylum". Sky News. "Turkey coup attempt: Greek dilemma over soldiers who fled". BBC. 19 July 2016. "Greek top court rejects...
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    coup d'état attempt in Greece: Pro-royalist military officers attempted to stage a coup, and successfully took control of much of the Greek mainland...
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  • This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow a country's government...
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    The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, also known as the August Coup, was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU)...
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    history of Greece. This article lists coups d'état that have taken place in the history of modern Greece: 1831 Greek coup d'état attempt [el], a naval...
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    powers. Between 1946 and the beginning of 2021, an estimated 148 self-coup attempts took place, 110 in autocracies and 38 in democracies.  Roman Republic:...
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  • predominance of Eleftherios Venizelos' Liberal Party. The results triggered an attempted coup by Venizelist officers. A military emergency government under Alexandros...
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    Greece (Greek: Βασιλεὺς τῆς Ἑλλάδος). His successor, George I, was styled King of the Hellenes (Βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἑλλήνων), as were all other modern Greek...
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    Eleftherios Venizelos (category Leaders who took power by coup)
    exchange between Greece and Turkey. In January 1933 he became prime minister for the last time and in March 1935 after a coup attempt he fled to Paris...
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  • divided between republicans and monarchists, staged successive coups d'état (1925, 1926, 1933 and 1935) in favour of the republic until, in 1936, after the...
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  • after the failed coup attempt led by Nikolaos Plastiras of 1935, although the organization remained active. During World War II, a Greek government in exile...
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    The 1973 Afghan coup d'état, also called by Afghans as the Coup of 26 Saratan (Dari: کودتای ۲۶ سرطان) and self-proclaimed as the Revolution of 26 Saratan...
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  • a big Greek flag at the Monastery of Agia Lavra in Peloponnesia and proclaims to people assembled the beginning of a Greek Revolution. Greece declares...
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    The Yugoslav coup d'état took place on 27 March 1941 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, when the regency led by Prince Paul of Yugoslavia was overthrown...
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    monarchy, he led two coup attempts in 1933 and 1935, both of which failed, forcing him to exile in France. During the Axis Occupation of Greece in the Second...
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    between Greece and Turkey increased, and the ambivalence towards Cyprus by the Greek government of George Papandreou led to the Greek military coup. In 1974...
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    invaded the island of Cyprus in response to a Greek-backed Cypriot coup, triggering a crisis in Greece that led to the regime's collapse and restoration...
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  • Latin states on Greek soil, and the struggles of the Orthodox Byzantine Greeks against them, led to the emergence of a distinct Greek national identity...
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    Portugal. The 28 May 1926 coup d'état implemented an authoritarian regime incorporating social Catholicism and integralism. In 1933, the regime was renamed...
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  • coup d'état attempt on 15 July 2016. Previously, the head of the Turkish Armed Forces, Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar, was taken hostage by coup perpetrators...
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  • incident 1933 Anarchist uprising in Spain 1934 Asturian miners' strike 1934 Austrian Civil War 1934 July Putsch 1935 Greek coup d'état attempt 1936 – 1953...
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    April 1936, a year after the Greek monarchy was restored. With the support of King George II, Metaxas initiated a self-coup and established an authoritarian...
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    participation in the failed Republican coup attempt of 1933. Following the failure of the March 1935 Republican coup, he was arrested and executed by the...
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    War II ended in 1945, twelve coup participants were put on trial on charges of high treason due to the 1939 coup attempt, of which seven were convicted...
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    War. George acceded to the Greek throne, but after a failed royalist coup in October 1923 he was exiled to Romania. Greece was proclaimed a republic in...
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    Siamese coup d'état of 1932, sometimes called the "Promoters Revolution", ends absolute monarchy in Thailand. 1933: Anarchist insurrection of January 1933 in...
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    Georgios Papandreou (Greek: Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου Geórgios Papandréou; 13 February 1888 – 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou...
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    People's Party or Populist Party (Greek: Λαϊκὸν Κόμμα, romanized: Laïkòn Kómma) was a conservative and pro-monarchist Greek political party founded by Dimitrios...
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