When Friedman interviewed Youth and Sports Minister Akif Çağatay Kılıç in 2016 about the Turkish coup d'état attempt, mass layoffs and arrests that followed the failed putsch, and the media situation and the position of women in Turkey, the Turkish government confiscated the recordings. In response, "Deutsche Welle" Director-General Peter Limbourg condemned Turkey the seizure of the video tape as "a blatant violation of press freedom."