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HARDtalk: Sevgi Akarcesme

Sevgi Akarcesme, editor-in-chief of Today's Zaman

17/03/2016 GMT

BBC World News - HARDtalk, Sevgi Akarcesme

 talks to Sevgi Akarcesme, Editor of Turkey's biggest selling newspaper, Zaman.

Stephen Sackur talks to Sevgi Akarcesme, the Editor of the English version of Zaman, who fled Turkey shortly after a state take over. How close is Turkey to authoritarian rule?

Turkey's biggest selling newspaper, Zaman, was forcibly taken over by the Government this month and journalists have been locked up for insulting the nation or aiding terrorists. All this in a nation beset with diplomatic, security and humanitarian challenges. Stephen Sackur talks to Sevgi Akarcesme, the Editor of the English version of Zaman who fled Turkey shortly after the state take over. How close is Turkey to authoritarian rule?

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