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Can Dundar

Stephen Sackur talks to Can Dundar who has experienced imprisonment, violence and exile in the years after publishing material which infuriated the Turkish president.

More than 150 journalists are currently in prison in Turkey. President Erdogan's government stands accused of an all-out assault on freedom of expression. Stephen Sackur talks to Can Dundar, former editor of the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, who has experienced imprisonment, life threatening violence and exile in the last couple of years after publishing material which infuriated the Turkish president. In the battle for Turkey's future and its soul, who's winning?

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 23 Mar 2018 15:30GMT

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Role Contributor
Interviewer Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Can Dundar

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