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Ece Temelkuran discusses Deep Mountain on ‘Outlook’ on the BBC World Service

Tamar Shlaim25 November 2010

Listen to Ece Temelkuran talk about Hrant Dink and how she came to write Deep Mountain on Outlook on the BBC World Service (first item):

Award winning Turkish journalist Ece Temelkuran describes her grief at hearing about the violent murder of her close friend Hrant Dink. Before his death the newspaper editor had been vilified by ultranationalists for talking about the killing of hundreds of thousands of Armenians during the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Ece tells Jo Fidgen how much she missed her friend's lovable personality and why she vowed to carry on his work despite the risks.

Visit BBC iPlayer to listen to the programme.

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