Turkish turbulence: Cumhuriyet closure is just the beginning
Closure of left-of-centre paper is part of a shift to authoritarianism in which Turkey's links with the West look increasingly fragile
Could this be the beginning of Turkey’s farewell to Europe and the Western world? On Tuesday, Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told parliamentarians of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP): “We don’t care about your [i.e. Europe’s] red lines. It’s the people who draw the red lines. What importance does your line have?”
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