Check out the history of Turkey, it was ONLY when the military controlled that the Feral Orthodox Muslims were kept under control! Frankly, I am somewhat surprised that their military (after a decade of "leadership purges") is still able to assume their traditional role in maintaining stability there!
Secular Turks are very good friends to have!
Two factors I sense brought about this new military coup, a reading of the Koran in Hagia Sophia during Ramadan, a big no-no, and the recent bombing at the airport.
“Secular Turks are very good friends to have!”
There was an interesting pagan movement in Turkey not too long ago. Sort of a nationalist return to Tengri shamanism. They put up a lot of music on facebook and had a degree of internet presence, then they faded. Don’t know how big they were or where they went.