These snapshots give us an opportunity to assess trends in human rights and democracy. And my impression is that things are getting worse. Human Rights Watch's 2026 report finds that the government of President Erdogan consolidated its authoritarian trajectory. with an unprecedented onslaught on the main political opposition, Republican, Republican People's Party, chp, that threatened freedom of political association and free and fair elections, end quote. (00:43–01:05)
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