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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?

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Oct 2016 19:30GMT

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Interviewer Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Ece Temelkuran

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