Elif Shafak | Turkey and the Loss of Democracy
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2017
- Authoritarianism is on the rise in Turkey and around the world. Turkish author Elif Shafak shares how writers often fall victim to self-censorship in these climates of repression, but they also play a critical role in challenging sexism, islamism, and authoritarianism. In today's world, writers cannot afford to be apolitical. Defending democracy goes beyond the ballot box - it requires citizen engagement. Elif calls on all of us to become activists for democracy and stand in solidarity with those who oppose tyranny worldwide. The Oslo Freedom Forum is a global event series presented by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF).
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Hi, where can I find the transcription of this video in English, please?
WOW I’m English learner and I get many advance vocabulary ,i don’t know what i say ,just I say thank you.
Elif Şafak is absolutely amazing💓
It is absolutely true. Thanks
before criticizing her, be better than her.
She always talk about this issue again and again. But I think that she have a prejudice against the Turkish goverment. To listen her that is not true method to understand what happening in Turkey
Turkiye demokrasi ve insan haklarinin olmadigi adelet kavramin sadece kelimede kaldığıni,kadinlarin olduruldugu cocuklarin tecavuze uğradığını inanan kesimin cogunlugunun at gozlugu ile baktigi bu zamanlarda milyonkere soylesede merak etme hic bir sey değişmiyor ulkede.
Yazık sana
Sana yazık be körsünüz topal yandaşsınız size yazık haksızlıklara susan dilsiz şeytanlarsınız
It is an embarrassing that an author who is educated and well known talk about her country like this.
Europeans know all the Facts about Turkey and middle east. Denying will not cover the truth! what Shafak did was making them to see Turkey as a normal country with its problems, and also she insisted that those problems could occur even to Europeans.
she has no bias, it’s respectable
Loss of Democracy? Turkey was never democratic. As a member of a non-muslim minority, we always had to exercise self sansurship...
You shouldn' t have been talked like that way in Oslo...You may think like that way about Turkey , government , management yes...maybe in some ways you are also right Mrs. Şafak but if you are a citizen a well educated, successful writer of Turkey you must ' ttalk like that outside Turkey. Because it is your country and you
mustn' t give damage to your country ...you must be like an umbrella for this kind of thoughts against Turkey not like a warrier against your OWN COUNTRY Mrs.
Şafak. Because the people you are talking to are not our friends but enemies unfortunatelly. Don't you know this ?? IMPOSSIBLE you know this but you behave like they want you to behave...I love you but now my thought changed for you. Because you don't really love your country you love your position in the world. you don't behave as a responsible person. I am very sorry for this. You leave your country alone infront of Europeans...;(((
Europeans know all the Facts about Turkey and middle east. Denying will not cover the truth! what Shafak did was making them to see Turkey as a normal country with its problems, and also she insisted that those problems could occur even to Europeans.
As Turkish may I ask to Elif Shafak that has she come across to the knowledge that there was coup attempt in Turkey and during the coup hundreds of Turkish citizens have been killed. where was her location during her country was under attack? Has she ever made any comment dooming the coup attempt that caused death of her countryman in her so called motherland? as an so called author has ever come to her soul and mind that she could write a poem a word against killing innocent citizens? easy to use words and play at words and say lynch and make oneself so sensitive and point as victim. as calling herself The Londoner has she ever visited any family members of died during coup attempt? or has she ever thought of writing a poem? sadly world has no information that she has published her essays and had column in Gulenist coup attempt publishing newspapers and magazines!!! Has she ever doomed that blooded terrorist group because of their coup attempts hundreds of Turkish people died? Has she ever given speech of regret that she has written in that terrorist groups newspapers and magazines?
Of course story of little daughter and girl would attract any human being attention and sorry: in fact with that sad looking face has she ever given any public speech? I have lived about 20 years abroad and seen enough to observe manipulative writers just like in any country. For instance; writers authors name Edward Snowden as traitor. As much he cheers the democracy he shows evidences about his own country how USA off the rail when it comes to surveillance its own citizens and lies that they have not. Does Elif shafak knows as Londoner, UK also equally surveillance British citizens. Would she have any comment n that such sad antidemocratic fact!!! points would go further and further. as much politicians may corrupt as she describes, there are corrupted or ignorant authors and writers just because they are simply human beings. Dystopians come from human beings now matter what which profession they may have such as politician, writers, authors.... It is a fact since the ancient Greek times to modern times.
before criticizing Erdogan, be better than him. Erdogan is the best president ever.
Were u born without eyes or something?
Ohhh pleas.. Erdogan is (what you call in the rest of the world) a DICTATOR. Wake up and smell the shity roses!!
Erdogan is the worst ruler, awful human, a rude human
@@pa7957 are you talk about israel?