2016.7.17

2016.6.17

news form BBC

Turkey's coup attempt: What you need to know

Scores of people have been killed in Turkey and more than 1,400 wounded as a result of an attempted coup overnight. But who was responsible, what happened and why?

1.　　A faction of the army then said, via a state broadcaster, that it had seized power to protect democracy from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

　　　faction　【ˈfækʃən】　

• a group within a larger group that has different ideas and opinions than the rest of the group
  - the committee soon split into faction.

2.　　For the plot to succeed, the army faction needed public support or wider military backing. Neither materialised. Opposition parties also condemned the coup.

　　　plot　【plɑ:t】　

1. an area of land that has been measured and is consider as a unit
   - a two-acre plot of land
   - a vegetable plot
2. a piece of land that a particular family owns in a cemetery, in which member of the family are buried when they die.
   - a burial plot
3. a secret plan by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal.
   - the plot to overthrow the military government was failed.
4. the event that form the main story of a book, film, or play
   - the plot was a little confusing.