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HARDtalk: Ece Temelkuran, Turkish Author

Ece Temelkuran, Turkish journalist and author

14/09/2016

Ece Temelkuran, Turkish Author

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Stephen Sackur talks to Turkish author Ece Temelkuran.

Stephen Sackur talks to Ece Temelkuran, a prominent writer and journalist who knows how difficult it can be to speak out in Erdogan's Turkey. Is silence the only option?

Stephen Sackur talks to Turkish author Ece Temelkuran. Two months ago, Turkey's elected government managed to survive a botched military coup. A triumph for democracy? Not necessarily, not if you regard freedom of expression and an independent judiciary as prerequisites of a genuine democracy. Thousands of judges, journalists and civil servants have been locked up or sacked since the coup. Ece Temelkuran is a prominent writer and journalist who knows how difficult it can be to speak out in Erdogan's Turkey. Is silence the only option?

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