he phrase coup d'état is French, literally meaning a "stroke of state" or "blow against the state".
There has been a series of military coups since the country gained independence.
The Turkish coup d'état occurred on September 12, 1980.
Deposed in a military coup in September 2006 and having effectively been in exile, the Former premier of Thailand Thaksin has returned after about a year and a half.
The coup was meticulously executed.
We only have secondhand information of the coup.
He was overthrown in an army coup
The award is a major coup for the university.
He took control of the 1,9-million-population state in a bloodless coup
a coup attempt
a military coup
A military coup is not a way out of a crisis.
The military coup against the government did not succeed.