You might be thinking of Turkmenistan. Until Erdogan came to power, Turkey was arguably more democratic and more secular than the US. In recent decades wheneve

You might be thinking of Turkmenistan. Until Erdogan came to power, Turkey was arguably more democratic and more secular than the US. In recent decades whenever Turkey occasionally got a leader who began to act too Islamist or too dictatorial, the army would stage a coup, toss the rascal out, and restore democratic rule. This happened in 2016 but for the first time since Ataturk, the coup failed (badly!) and Erdogan emerged even more powerful. I worry for the future of Turkey.