Turkey crosses new thresholds in descent to autocracy
As Ankara has expanded its crackdown on opposition quarters and crossed some critical thresholds in what now seems a drive to lay the foundations of an autocratic regime, is the country at the ultimate breaking point with democracy?
![TURKEY-SECURITY/KURDS Police detain Sebahat Tuncel, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), during a protest against the arrest of Kurdish lawmakers, in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar - RTX2RWQJ](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2016/11/RTX2RWQJ.jpg/RTX2RWQJ.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=OcbGS_z_)
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