While predicting a "tough negotiation" ahead of charter renewal before the end of 2016, he is sanguine about the corporation's future.
Mr. Turan said that although the corporation's future is uncertain, he is determined to make it succeed.
The debate over the BBC's charter review will step up a gear with the publication of a green paper on the corporation's future this summer.
The July deal was initially described by BBC bosses as guaranteeing the corporation's future finances, with director general Tony Hall telling staff it would "deliver financial stability".
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Asked if he was worried for the corporation's future, he said: "I think it's playing all its cards very, very badly at the moment".
Having joined the BBC in May 2007, Huggers was appointed as director of the corporation's future, media and technology arm in August 2008, replacing Ashley Highfield.
However, after the phoney war, last night marked the start of formal hostilities between the BBC and the government over the corporation's future scope and funding.
It was based on two dated assumptions: that a young scion should be lined up for the top job, and that News Corporation's future lies in newspapers.Neither the board nor angry shareholders can get rid of the Murdochs.
The recommendation is made in an internal BBC report into the corporation's future funding, which also recommends raising the amount of money it makes through commercial ventures, the corporation said on Sunday.
Whittingdale, who last week unveiled wide-ranging plans including challenging the BBC to be more "distinctive" in a white paper on the corporation's future, distanced himself from rising public outrage over the cuts, saying BBC chiefs make the decisions.
