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Faranak Amidi presents global stories from the Fifth Floor, home to the BBC’s 40 Language Services.

Faranak Amidi presents global stories from the Fifth Floor, home to the BBC’s 40 Language Services

The Fifth Floor: Reporting Turkey

Taksim Square, Istanbul

14/06/2013

Reporting Turkey

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, Reporting Turkey

Teargas and pianos in Taksim Square: Reporting from Istanbul

Teargas in Turkey; Farewell to Ahmadinejad;  Heartbreak at the Kremlin; Music of Russia; and Government Surveillance.

A fresh look at the week's global news from across the World Service's 27 language sections, with presenter David Amanor.

Reporting Turkey
David Amanor links up with two reporters on the ground in Istanbul who've spent a week reporting clashes and a festival atmosphere in Gezi Park. Selin Girit is a TV anchor with the BBC's Turkish service and Jiyar Gol has been reporting there for BBC Persian. 

Farewell Ahmadinejad 
Iranians have gone to the polls to choose a new president.  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be stepping down. He's a character that has made an unforgettable impact on the world stage. Journalists from BBC Persian remember his presidency. With Saeed Barzin, Rana Rahimpour and Kasra Naji.

Hear My Country: Russia
As part of the Hear My Country series, the Fifth Floor goes to the Russian service to ask a tricky question: if you had to pick one song that defines your country, which would it be? With Pasha Kanevsky, Anya Dorodeyko; Kirill Skorodelov

Government Monitoring 
Edward Snowden revealed the existence of US project Prism, capable of storing vast amounts of phone and web data. But what about surveillance by other governments - are there other prisms out there? David speaks to Zhuang Chen at BBC Chinese, Lewis Machipisa from BBC Africa, and Ramaa Sharma of BBC Hindi. 

Kremlin Heartbreak
There's been a very public divorce announcement in Russia. Vladimir Putin and wife Lyudmila brought 30 years of marriage to an end live on television - during the interval at a ballet. Famil Ismailov of BBC Russian tells the Fifth Floor about the legacy of love and marriage in the Kremlin.

Picture: Protestors in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey.
Picture Credit: Getty Images

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