[@Cynder] Because you seem to be interested in this: There have been, as [@Inertia] pointed out, multiple coups by the military throughout modern history in order to retain Turkey's secularism. Namely:

[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913_Ottoman_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat]1913[/url]
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_Turkish_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat]1960[/url]
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Turkish_military_memorandum]1971[/url]
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Turkish_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat]1980[/url]
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_alleged_Turkish_military_coup]1993[/url]
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Turkish_military_memorandum]1997[/url]