After the coup attempt in Turkey writer Elif Shafak describes how being Turkish means worrying about your country all the time "as though she were an eccentric relative one could neither fully trust on her own, nor stop loving."
Four Thought was recorded in front of a live audience at Somerset House in London.
Presenter: Mike Williams Producer: Sheila Cook
Image credit: Muammer Yanmaz.
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