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From Our Own Correspondent

Is Mr Erdogan Listening?

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2013

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Is the Turkish prime minister Mr Erdogan listening to the demonstrators? James Reynolds has been following the protests in Istanbul and other cities. Chris Morris is in historic Mostar learning how difficult it is for Bosnians to forget about the past. People in the Golan Heights have been telling Wyre Davies they are concerned the fighting over the border in Syria is about to spill over into their territory. Lucy Ash has been to Yaroslavl in Russia to examine whether the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, really was the proletarian heroine she's made out to be. From Our Own Correspondent is produced by Tony Grant.

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0:00.0

Hello from the from our own correspondent studios at Broadcasting House in London.

0:04.4

You've downloaded the latest edition of the program broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

0:08.9

It's introduced by Kate Aide.

0:11.2

Demonstrators on the streets of Istanbul for another night.

0:15.4

Is it time for Prime Minister Erdogan to start listening?

0:18.9

There are fears in the Golan Heights that the war in Syria will now spill over into Israel. The first woman in space was

0:25.7

she really Russia's perfect proletarian heroin or was her life hijacked by the Kremlin?

0:31.1

And why is everyone so horrible about us? We're eavesdropping on the

0:35.6

expat chat in Dubai. The Turkish Prime Minister Richepe Taib-Ederwan is due back home today after a four-day trip to Africa.

0:44.9

He returns to a crisis and to demands for his resignation.

0:48.6

There's now been a week of angry protests in Istanbul, Ankara and other major cities. The demonstrator say Mr

0:55.6

Erdogan has become increasingly authoritarian, that he's trying to force conservative

1:00.6

Islamic values on Turkey, a constitutionally secular nation.

1:05.0

James Reynolds has been monitoring developments in Istanbul.

1:09.5

In 15 years as a foreign correspondence,

1:12.3

I've covered occasional revolts and uprisings. They often take days to get to.

1:18.6

So it's been rather surprising to find that I'm able to cover Turkey's popular protests almost entirely from my own apartment in Istanbul.

1:27.0

In the evenings, police tear gas fired near the Bosporus Strait has drifted into the sitting room.

1:32.0

At about nine o'clock every night my

1:35.0

neighbors stand at their windows and clang their pots and pans in support of the

1:39.4

protesters. During the day from my balcony I can watch protesters heading along the street

1:45.2

passed my local butchers to Taxim Square and Geese Park. There the

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