It has become almost a cliché to say that Turkey has crossed yet another authoritarian threshold. But the ruling by an Ankara appeals court on May 21 may prove to be genuinely different. The court annulled the 2023 congress of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Turkey’s main opposition. Citing alleged vote-buying among delegates, the judges suspended the party’s leadership and ordered the reinstatement of former leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Coming after the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem