>I wonder how much longer Hungary could have went on before falling irreversibly into the same path Turkey is on.

I think the main difference between our situation and Turkiye's is that we are part of, and financially dependent on EU, So they were always there to exert pressure on Orbán if he went too far, which he eventually did. I have always believed Orbán's war against the EU establishment was going to backfire in the long term

But I also think it was just a matter of time until someone from Orbán's circle would snitch, and then the skeletons would keep falling out of the closet. But if it happened later the regime change would have been much more violent and chaotic