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HARDtalk: Elif Shafak

11/06/2013 GMT

BBC World News - HARDtalk, Elif Shafak

Writer and activist Elif Shafak speaks to HARDtalk. What is Turkey's unrest really about?

Mass protests in Turkey have prompted a harsh police response. HARDtalk speaks to leading writer and political activist Elif Shafak - what is Turkey's spasm of unrest really about?

In recent years Turkey has been seen as a bulwark of stability and democracy in a neighbourhood disfigured by political turmoil and communal conflict. But now Turkey's wrestling with its own demons. Mass protests against the alleged authoritarianism of the Erdogan Government have prompted a harsh police response. Stephen Sackur talks to leading Turkish writer and political activist Elif Shafak - what is Turkey's spasm of unrest really about?

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