If you like democracy, you can't exactly be in favor of Erdogan either. Not to mention what will likely happen, if the coup fails.
In the long term, this coup succeeding is probably the best option for democracy.
Indeed. There is a difference between democracy and liberal democracy.
This is not about being a liberal democracy at all.
If voters don't have the opportunity to get a truthful look at the society they live in and the people who would like to be elected, their votes are meaningless.
You need freedom of speech and a free press to get that perspective. A democracy without freedom of speech and a free press is no democracy at all but a facade hiding an authoritarian state.
In fact, anyone who likes democracy should be opposed to it