2024 Iavonian coup d'état

2024 Iavonian Coup d'état
Date 14 May 2024 Location Aulis, Iavonia Result Coup d'état successful Monarchy overthrown and abolished King George XIV and his family killed Establishment of the Iavonian Republic
Belligerents
Iavonian Government Iavonian Armed Forces Steel Division Evzone (defectors)	Kingdom of Iavonia Evzone
Commanders and leaders
Adrian Laziades Yianni Karahaliallis	George XIII † Aris Katsarotis †
Casualties and losses
2 killed	11 killed (including the King and his family)

The 2024 Iavonian coup d'état was a self-coup staged by Adrian Laziades, the Prime Minister of Iavonia. Occuring shortly after the expression of pro-Nifonese sentiments by George XIII, the coup was timed to coincide day-wise with the beginning of Laziades' first Prime Ministership in 2016. The preparations for the coup, which had been organized swiftly throughout the proceeding week, were supposedly named Operation Ephialtes.

The coup was primarily motivated by already existing anti-monarchic sentiment, alongside the desire for wide-reaching reforms on the part of Laziades which had been prevented by monarchic or monarchic-influenced action. The necessity of the coup has been severely debated both internationally and domestically, with supporters of such pointing to the lack of constitutional means for the weakening or removal of the monarchic system, while opponents have pointed to the overt violence and previously negative relationship between the former monarch and Laziades as a direct reason for said violence, delegitimizing the moral argument of the coupists. A constitutional reform establishing a presidential role in the new republic separate from Laziades was held on the 16th of June.