Original version

BBC News Middle East

HARDtalk

Discussion & Talk

Factual

BBC News Channel

An impartial and independent news service offering breaking news, analysis and insight.

A 24-hour impartial and independent news service offering breaking news, analysis and insight. It provides fast and comprehensive coverage of local, UK and international events.

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

In-depth interviews with hard-hitting questions and sensitive topics being covered as famous personalities from all walks of life talk about the highs and lows in their lives.

BBC News Europe

BBC News North America

The BBC's international 24-hour news and information channel, as seen by viewers in Africa.

BBC News Africa

BBC News South Asia

BBC News Latin America

BBC News Asia Pacific

Stephen Sackur

Ece Temelkuran

HARDtalk: Ece Temelkuran

Ece Temelkuran, Turkish journalist and author

14/09/2016 GMT

BBC News - HARDtalk, Ece Temelkuran

Stephen Sackur speaks to Turkish author, Ece Temelkuran.

Ece Temelkuran is a prominent writer and journalist who knows how difficult it can be to speak out in Erdogan's Turkey. Since the botched military coup, is silence the only option?

HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks 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, 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?

Accessibility links

Programme Index

HARDtalk

Ece Temelkuran

Contributors

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC News Middle East

About BBC World News