Which modern day country is the region that was known as Phrygia in ancient times?

The story behind the answer

Turkey is correct because ancient Phrygia lay in west‑central Anatolia, the heartland of modern Turkey. Its capital, Gordion, sat near today’s Ankara. This places Phrygia far from Egypt and Syria and east of mainland Greece.

Phrygia is famous for King Midas (of “golden touch” legend) and the Gordian Knot, which Alexander the Great famously “cut” at Gordion. The Phrygians also left striking rock monuments and lent their name to the “Phrygian cap,” later a symbol of liberty in the French Revolution. Memory tip: Think “Phrygia in Phrygian cap” and picture that cap coming from Anatolia—modern Turkey.