Although punctuated intermittently by military coups, Turkey has been coup-free since the military's "soft coup" of 1997 forced out Welfare Party Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan.
South carefully led the spade nine to dummy's king, preserving the six, and arrived at this position: South led a diamond winner from the dummy, and East felt like a man who had been couped.
But such indeed has been the coup -- a "coup of one," as Trent Lott might say -- pulled off by Jenna Bush.
In the past the mechanism for preventing such a disaster has been a coup.
The popularity of the padded garments for basketball has been a coup for McDavid.
"In my life, I cannot count the number of times there has been a coup," she said.
The £6m over four years signing has been a coup for ITV, which is rumoured to be heavily courting Bleakley as well.
The Associated Press reports that the Turkish prime minister, Binali Yildirim, has confirmed that there has been a coup attempt by a group within Turkey's military.
I suppose I'm not surprised that there has been another coup.
Germany's banishment of double-digit unemployment has been a political coup for Chancellor Angela Merkel.
There has been a military coup in Egypt, overthrowing the democratically elected president.
