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A coup d'état (/ ˌ k uː d eɪ ˈ t ɑː / ⓘ; French: [ku deta] ⓘ; lit. ' stroke of state ' ), [ 1 ] or simply a coup , is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership .
coup d'état (pl. coups d'état) a sudden change in government by force; literally "hit (blow) of state." French uses the capital É, because the use of a capital letter alters the meaning of the word ( É tat: a State, as in a country; é tat: a state of being).
Alanya (/ ə ˈ l ɑː n j ə / ⓘ; Turkish pronunciation:), formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city, a municipality and district of Antalya Province, Turkey. [2] It is on the southern coast of Turkey, in the country's Mediterranean Region, 133 kilometres (83 mi) east of the city of Antalya.
Speakers of non-rhotic accents, as in much of Australia, England, New Zealand, and Wales, will pronounce the second syllable [fəd], those with the father–bother merger, as in much of the US and Canada, will pronounce the first syllable [ˈɑːks], and those with the cot–caught merger but without the father–bother merger, as in Scotland ...
Coup D'etat (band), a New Zealand rock band from the early 1980s and their self-titled sole album; Coup d'Etat (Plasmatics album), a 1982 album by Plasmatics; Coup d'etat (Muslimgauze album), a 1987 album by Muslimgauze; Coup d'Etat (G-Dragon album), a 2013 album by G-Dragon Coup d'Etat (song) "Coup d'Etat", a song by Level 42 on the album ...
The 1966 alleged Ceylonese coup d'état attempt (also known as the Bathroom coup or the Lavatory coup) was an alleged military coup planned in Sri Lanka . The commander of the army and several military personnel were arrested. They were later acquitted of a plot to overthrow the legally elected government. [1]
Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, first published in 1968, is a book by Edward Luttwak examining the conditions, strategy, planning, and execution of coups d'état. [1] A revised edition of the book, with references to twenty-first century technology, was published in 2016. [2]
Gaza: The ruling Islamic militant group Hamas condemned the Turkish coup d'état attempt as a "vicious" plot to overthrow President Erdoğan. [ 75 ] Northern Cyprus – Mustafa Akıncı , President of Northern Cyprus , said that commanders of Turkish troops deployed in the separatist Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus remained loyal to Turkey ...