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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?