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    A coup d'état (/ˌkuːdeɪˈtɑː/ ; French: [ku deta] ; lit. 'stroke of state'), or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization...
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    PBSuccess. 1954 Paraguayan coup d'état: A military coup brings Alfredo Stroessner to power. Coup d'état of Yanaon: A coup d'état led by Dadala Raphael Ramanayya...
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  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat is a 2024 documentary film directed by Johan Grimonprez about the Cold War episode that led American musicians Abbey Lincoln...
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    Turkish coup d'état attempt 1969 Turkish coup d'état attempt [tr] 1971 Turkish coup d'état attempt [tr] 2007: E-memorandum 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt...
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    The Coup of 18 Brumaire (French: Coup d'État du 18 Brumaire) brought Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of the French First Republic. In the view...
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    The Coup d'état of December Twelfth or the 12·12 Military Insurrection (Korean: 12·12 군사 반란; Hanja: 十二十二軍事反亂) was a military coup which took place on...
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    The 1973 Chilean coup d'état (Spanish: Golpe de Estado en Chile de 1973) was a military overthrow of the democratic socialist president of Chile Salvador...
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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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  • Turkish coup d'état (Turkish: 27 Mayıs Darbesi), also known as the 27 May Revolution (Turkish: 27 Mayıs İhtilali or 27 Mayıs Devrimi), was the first coup d'état...
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    The coup d'état of 2 December 1851 was a self-coup staged by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (later Napoleon III), at the time President of France under the Second...
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    On 30 August 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Gabon shortly after the announcement that incumbent president Ali Bongo had won the general election held...
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    coup d'état, also known as the 9 September coup d'état (Bulgarian: Деветосептемврийски преврат, romanized: Devetoseptemvriyski prevrat), was a coup that...
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    The 2006 Thai coup d'état took place on 19 September 2006, when the Royal Thai Army staged a coup d'état against the elected caretaker government of Prime...
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  • Ademoyega) began plotting a coup d'état against incumbent Prime Minister Abubakar Balewa. According to involved plotters, the coup was planned because the...
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    A self-coup, also called an autocoup (from Spanish autogolpe) or coup from the top, is a form of coup d'état in which a political leader, having come...
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    The 1980 Turkish coup d'état (Turkish: 12 Eylül darbesi, lit. 'September 12 coup d'état'), headed by Chief of the General Staff General Kenan Evren, was...
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    The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état (Persian: کودتای ۲۸ مرداد), was the U.S.- and British-instigated, Iranian army-led...
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    Turkish Armed Forces, organized as the Peace at Home Council, attempted a coup d'état against state institutions, including the government and president Recep...
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    The May 16 military coup d'état (Korean: 5·16 군사정변 or 5·16 군사혁명) was a military coup d'état in South Korea in 1961, organized and carried out by Park...
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    Iraqi coup d'état (Arabic: ثورة رشيد عالي الكيلاني, Thawrah Rašīd ʿAlī al-Kaylānī), also called the Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani coup or the Golden Square coup, was...
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    The 1973 Rwandan coup d'état, also known as the Coup d'état of 5 July (French: Coup d'état du 5 Juillet), was a military coup staged by Juvénal Habyarimana...
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  • Myanmar coup d'état may refer to the: 1962 Burmese coup d'état 1988 Burmese coup d'état 2021 Myanmar coup d'état This set index article includes a list...
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  • Cypriot coup d'état was a military coup d'état executed by the Cypriot National Guard and sponsored by the Greek military junta. On 15 July 1974 the coup plotters...
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    Romanian coup d'état, better known in Romanian historiography as the Act of 23 August (Romanian: Actul de la 23 august), was a coup d'état led by King...
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  • On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger when the country's presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum, and Presidential Guard commander...
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  • 1966 counter-coup: Africa's bloodiest coup d'état". Vanguard News. Retrieved 28 May 2022. "Targets of Nigerian Coup Have Held Wide Powers". The New York...
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  • Somali coup d'état may refer to: 1978 Somali coup d'état attempt 1969 Somali coup d'état This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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    commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d'état, the twelfth since the country's first coup in 1932, against the caretaker government following...
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  • Syrian coup d'état may refer to: March 1949 Syrian coup d'état, overthrow of Shukri al-Quwatli August 1949 Syrian coup d'état, overthrow and execution...
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  • Guatemalan coup d'état may refer to: 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état 1963 Guatemalan coup d'état 1982 Guatemalan coup d'état 1983 Guatemalan coup d'état This disambiguation...
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