of the secular c.h.p. party the republican people's party received around thirty one percent of the vote while sela had team demarest hash of the pro kurdish h.t.t.p. has pulled in just over eight percent. now with this victory will assume sweeping new powers added to the presidency last year in a referendum that was backed by a small majority of turks of. those. one nation one flag one country the crowd chant led by one man have added one has tightened his grip on power in turkey off to winning sunday's presidential poll he thanked his supporters in ankara after the electoral commission declared his victory. goldrush noted the win this election is democracy. really. our nation. the winners of this election every one of the eighty one million citizens. his supporters were overjoyed. then. we were at the capital of democracy and human rights the elections were perfect we've won a victory again i defy you but one is the best president the world can also. not celebrating as the main opposition c.h.p. party adeline'

conservative and he himself regularly prays and that is seen as unprecedented in the past for this c.h.p. party which has been betrayed is in the lead secular party he has broken down that barrier and in many ways he's really is taking this election by storm by his performances which have drawn massive crowds dorian jones in istanbul thank you. well president called this snap election eighteen months early a decision that is likely down to a fast approaching economic crisis that could throw a wrench into his plan to transition the country from a parliamentary democracy to an executive presidential system javi are a good us has that side of the story thanks very much sarah indeed those possible scenarios of an economic crisis are an important factor and we are seeing immediate actions by the government the turkish central bank has raised interest rates to seventeen point seven five percent that provoked a sharp jump in the value of the turkish currency less than three weeks ahead of the elections as we heard the interest rate hike of over one percentage point had been widely expected and was qui

from the c.h.p. party who drew millions to his rallies he currently has thirty percent of the vote the imprisoned leader of the pro kurdish. tash has seven percent of the ballots as has the only female candidate meryl x. anna who it's also the first time that are choosing their president and their parliament at the same time so far party appears to be leading him with forty three percent of the c.h.p. a second with twenty two percent and the current a have about ten percent of the vote making them potential kingmakers and as i why i've good party also has ten percent but the main opposition candidate has accused the state run media of manipulating public perception of the vote the c.h.p. inches says early results are being skewed to inflate the vote of president. of course is not to be demoralized and to continue scrutinizing the vote count to protect the ballot boxes from possible fraud c.h.p. says one will not win a major majority in the first round of voting. in a moment we'll be with but it's myth who

c.h.p. the republican people's party receives around thirty one percent of the vote. of the pro kurdish h.t.t.p. pulled in just over eight percent but this victory at on will assume sweeping new powers added to the presidency last year and a referendum that was backed by a small majority of turks. was not. really. one nation one flag one country the crowd chant led by one man russia type ad one has tightened his grip on power in taki off to winning sunday's presidential poll he thanked his supporters in ankara after the electoral commission declared his victory. governor said it the winner of this election is democracy. we lead our nation. to sit in. the witness of this election every one of the eighty one million citizens. his supporters were overjoyed just. then. we were at the capital of democracy and human rights elections were perfect we've won a victory again i just tell you bad one is the best president the world can also. not celebrating as the main opposition c.h.p. party one's main challenger. had earlier warned of irregularities and accuse the state run new

not celebrating is the main opposition c.h.p. party but a once main challenger mojave mincha had hoped to force one into a second round runoff and unite the various opposition groups behind him. inches back as a noun dismayed since there's misinformation and we're devastated we already have no freedom of opinion no civil rights if the system not changes for the worse with finished we should only for country i but there was some opposition groups celebrating in other parts of turkey in the parliamentary contest the pro kurdish people's democratic party or h.t.t.p. managed to support the ten percent threshold required to enter parliament it would now form the country's second largest opposition faction something which is surely a disappointment to one. but nevertheless his win the ashes in the new political system under which he becomes head of both state and the government are one insists this will bring prosperity and stability to the country following a failed coup attempt to years ago but critics say the new system will further erode

parties have put their own individual candidates like more injured for instance who's from the c.h.p. party he's are the gods here's his opponent and a strong contender. from the party is the only female candidate in the fray and tosh is running for the pro. who's been leading his campaign from prison after being accused of having links with the outlawed kurdistan workers' party or the one of them needs to win more than fifty percent of the vote to become a precedent if not it will head to a runoff are let's bring in our correspondent in istanbul not seen him go sit in your polling station where president obama is expected to cast his vote very soon tell us about what's been happening and what the mood like like is. yes fully present and on is about every five and cast his vote at the school right behind me probably you are seeing this small crowd stumble citizens are waiting for him though those people who are all of the here for voicing are also waiting to see president john and show they are love and support to him as a tradition since our don used to live in istanbul he always was here

we are going to change that seventy is the brussels representative for the republican people's party or c.h.p. the largest turkish opposition party pro-democracy activists are booed by polls that show president recha bare to one in his fundamentalist justice and development party are more vulnerable now than it any time since taking power in two thousand and one seven is hoping the c.h.p. will finally kick erda one off his perch and his party out of dominance in parliament its leading candidate move into has promised to reverse air to ones laws that consolidated authority in his own hands seven says the c.h.p. would make respect for human rights a priority and that e.u. accession would again be in turkey's future unfortunately what mr ed to wanted by calling europe that's not the case and trying to use turkish bias for writing in europe as a tool or arm again his theory up in european governments in creating this call for it in those countries all these people who very much disappointed with tricky so evil revived the fear will. make turkey again part of this european circles european parliam

not celebrating as the main opposition c.h.p. party add on's main challenger. earlier warned of irregularities and accuse the state run news agency of manipulating the numbers inches back because what dismayed . this misinformation and which devastated we already have no freedom of opinion or civil rights if the system now changes to the west with finished we should all leave the country. when the new political system under which she becomes head of both state and government at one insists this will bring prosperity and stability to the country following a failed coup attempt to years ago but critics say the new system will further erode democracy in turkey. as their more correspondent dorian john standing by in istanbul good morning to you there doria president on has been declared the winner and he spoke to supporters and i'm her earlier what was his message. but his message is more of the same much more of the same major continued expansion on the economic program of the construction program across the country heading towards one hundredth anniversary of the

the country's history of the city two million people are valid it is near heaven inchy and his c.h.p. party polls show in chick could force a do on to a second round on sunday. less articulate at some other stories making news around the was officials from north and south korea have set a date for holding reunions of families divided by the korean war in the nineteen fifties the families are now due to meet from august the twentieth to august the twenty sixth the koreas last held reunions in two thousand and fifteen before times between the two countries u.s. and. south sudan's president salva kiir says he has ruled out governing again with rebel leader and former vice president the it my child the two men had been meeting this week for talks aimed at ending south sudan's five year civil war for the talks are now reportedly do you next week. the united nations has condemned venezuela's human rights record in a new report and said the rule of law is virtually absent in the country the report alleges alleges venezuelan security forces carried out hundreds of questionable killings without bein

together is this then all of the opposition parties and of course including the main opposition c.h.p. party how powerful a block are they forming for the public in taki i think that this is unprecedented that you have a coalition that includes a left wing secular party in the name of the republican people's party founded by kemal and ataturk and. nationalist party a breakaway from the from the m.h.d. called the good party led by mere auctioneer and also includes the facility felicity party side the party scene turkish or for the city party which was the original home of president erik the one many years ago before he set up the ache if you were there just as development party so this is an unprecedented coalition that despite a serious now challenge to president and the ruling justice and development party and also in ankara how far turkey is foreign exploits in its relations with outside countries and institutions how far is that playing on the minds of turkish people as they go to these historic polls usually foreign policy of turkey is now higher on the agenda of the people when they vot

the candidates of the secular c.h.p. party vowed that he would send millions of syrian refugees syrian refugees currently in psyche home within one hundred days an alarming promise to say the least there have been other promises made by other candidates for example the nationalist candidates who promised that she would privatized the national television service t.r.t. and sell it off so there have been some propositions in terms of the manifestoes or promises made by hughes candidates but the vast majority of the campaign has been centered on being critical of her doing and the party not harming change just thing to be galvanizing at least some of the opposition in favor strongest in the opposition what is he thank you think that is drawing big crowds. indeed i mean from these for the five candidates competing against iran who is the front runner who remains the most single most popular political figure in. is the strongest contender to try and face him he most polls are predicting through that you will win in the first round

in change from the c.h.p. party who drew millions to his rallies and he has thirty percent of the folk. the imprisoned leader of the pro kurdish h.-d. piece a latina meat dress has eight percent of the ballot it's also the first time that turks are choosing their president and parliament at once so far once a k party appears to be leading with forty three percent of the c.h.p. is second with twenty three percent of the d.p. has more than eleven percent of the votes making it a potential kingmaker well in his victory speech present one warned against discrediting the result sichem didn't you know. the elections were peaceful and have been held in a mature way this is a win win situation for everyone i would like to thank all the candidates for all their work and i would like to congratulate them no one should criticize or cast died in the election system just because they can't digest their defeat there has been a record voter turnout and this is a very important message to the world the message is very clear there h

parties have put their own individual candidates like more injured for instance who's from the c.h.p. party he's our gods the us is opponent and a strong contender. from the party is the only female candidate in the fray and sell out in denver tosh is running for the pro. who's been leading his campaign from prison after being accused of having links with the outlawed kurdistan workers party or the p.k. k. one of them needs to win more than fifty percent of the vote to become a precedent if not it will head to a runoff or carrots make up seventeen percent of the electorate in turkeys and h.t. piece performance could have a decisive impact on the outcome al-jazeera smom involve reports from one of the party's biggest strongholds in the southeastern city of diablo care. supporters of the pro kurdish people's democratic party h d p cheering their presidential candidate from his prison cell. chose the last minutes of the election campaign on saturday to give his final t.v. address through every duty call to toss it on the table i congratulate all our people who will stand for democracy by going

c.h.p. and other opposition parties will need to revitalize demoralize supporters. i'm not quite sure how much worse it should get to increase opposition votes we build up our hopes on the c.h.p. each election we are disappointed in getting done more i mean jay was very good but the c.h.p. needs to reform it has co-create with other parties and prioritize the national interests another challenge for the opposition parties is making their voice heard in a parliament now stripped of much of its power to hold to account a government run by a president with strengthened executive powers in this election campaign the opposition mainly tried to persuade voters that have been in power too long they didn't say much about what the alternative looked like the c.h.p. will say that was because calling early elections gave them a little time well now they've up to five years to work out what their vision of turkey would be but it's with al-jazeera anchor. plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including starving and lost in the world's biggest desert more than ten tho

not celebrating as the main opposition c.h.p. party adeline's main challenger. had earlier warned of irregularities and accuse the state run news agency of manipulating the numbers inches backers were dismayed . which is misinformation and we're devastated we already have no freedom of opinion on civil rights if the system now changes for the worse we're finished we should only for a country. when ushers in a new political system under which she becomes head of both state and government at one end says this will bring prosperity and stability to the country following a failed coup attempt to years ago but critics say the new system will further erode democracy in turkey. let's get more now on the selection from correspondent dorian jones who is standing by with the latest in istanbul and dorian as we just heard there the selection very much being seen as part of turkey's transition from a parliamentary session to a presidential one with the heir to expanding his power what is this likely to mean for the country. well it is seen is a major consolidation of presid

c.h.p. is second with nearly twenty three percent and the h d p will be the third largest party with just over eleven percent of the vote to burnet smith now for reaction from the opposition c.h.p. had horses. there's frustration and disappointment here the republican people's party headquarters the t.h.b. they hope that their candidate more i mean jay would at least have forced a second round runoff vote to do that they needed to deprive stop present one getting more than fifty percent plus warm vote it appears that one has done that n.j. has not really got over about thirty percent of the vote so a lot of disappointment here that the opposition will say that they never started off this election with a level playing field much of the television news at time was devoted to the act party and president and they got about sixty seven hours coverage last month compared to seven hours of coverage for example for the republican people's party those so they say they were facing an uphill battle all the way they might take some consolation from the suggestion that the out party has been to deprive its

party is leading with forty three percent now the c.h.p. is second with twenty three percent and the h.d. p. will be the largest third largest party with just over eleven percent now these are live pictures from ankara where present one is addressing his supporters in the turkish capital let's crossover listening to see what he has to say. you didn't give it as you all know all your good thoughts other symbols died almost like you fought my closest con ten thousand. competitor you know the difference between you know. many persons we have between us about twenty two percent difference between the two of us amount of. we have received that but. i want to. know who have trust in me who have trust in my party who have trust in my leadership i want to thank you. from the bottom of my how to cut out the. job but. also go to. the parties. jelly i want to thank him before you go in front of us. he supported my presidential campaign. also had i learned. i also tank. who is the continuation of. you know his part the. part of the great party that abou

turkish independent media observers say two million people rallied in is fear for him shit and his c.h.p. party is strongly challenging president resurrect type out of one in polls ahead of the country's elections on sunday. british police have arrested a man claiming to have a ball man a london rail terminal the man reportedly made the threat while on the tracks at charing cross station in the city center police ordered an evacuation of the terminal. and a court in indonesia has sentenced a cleric to death for planning a series of islamist attacks from his jail cell. is considered the defacto head of indonesia's supporters of the so-called islamic state prosecutors say the attack he ordered includes the attacks he ordered included twenty six teen suicide bombing in jakarta that killed four people. it's match day nine of the world cup in russia emily all shoots from devious sports is here to talk about it. first of all croatia crushes argentina this is a kind of oh my god moment that's a huge result isn't it absolutely i mean this is about as humiliating as it gets for argentina as the limitati

with around fifty eight percent of the votes his main challenger is the popular inch a from the c.h.p. party he's drawn millions to his rallies he currently has twenty seven percent of the vote the imprisoned leader of the pro turk kurdish hastie pay so how to endemic tash has five point six percent of the ballots the only female candidates mal has received a seven point six percent of vote so let's go live now to jim who's in turkey's capital ankara for us jamal we are hearing the latest exit polls there oversea not the final results but pretty much going with as expected. well as expected as far as the act party and around camp are concerned they were a lot more buoyant and confident than their opponents or skeptics where in the lead up to this poll there was concern or belief that this could be. forced in for a second round of voting if earth wind doesn't reach the fifty percent threshold as you mentioned there was almost thirty percent of ballots counted so he is essentially thirty percent. lead between him and. enjoyed the c.h.p. is counted as are the two hundred fifty eight percent of

over ledge terror links and the biggest star in year candidate for turkey's biggest opposition party the c.h.p. within a few weeks he's managed to mobilize tens of thousands bringing hope to the empty air to one camp. leader though. papers free of charge the stamp is free of charge the ink is for your. stamp against injury and you will break free from it all. or even away from the mass rallies the election is the main talking point just a few weeks ago many turks or the reelection steen years of darkness will come to an end. which is just one justice in french oldest political life. this is the tightest election race in many years but our hearts are with the ruling a.k.p. . this hard fought election will determine whether turkey can look forward to fundamental change or whether president can strengthen his grip it have your correspondent yulia han is it for us has been following the campaigning yulia this could be turkey's most important election in decades you spoke to people on the streets and ankara do they feel like there's a lot at stake. yes when you talk to people here they really. you

been following the latest developments for us and she joins us from outside the main opposition party the c.h.p. headquarters hi yulia we mentioned that are the one has claimed victory in the presidential vote also says the a k party's alliance has a majority in the parliamentary vote as well tell us what's been happening. well here at the c.h.p. the largest opposition party here in turkey many disappointed faces we talked to some people here who say they don't really trust the results and they fear this is going to silence all democracy that's been left here in turkey so a lot of disappointed a lot of disbelief still in fact as you mentioned missed out on declare his victory but we don't have any official results yet the only authority you could announce such an official result is the supreme electoral board the high electoral commission here in ankara so we're still waiting for that and the big question is now of course what will opposition leader what in enjoy the c.h.p. do everybody is waiting for him to show up to give a speech that the question is will he accept the result or will he chal

year she founded a new political party she's seen as right wing nationalists and religious some call action on the iran lady of took. him into represents the center left c.h.p. turkey's biggest opposition party the fifty four year old is an outspoken defender of the text republic as envisioned by most of like a mulatto. he's a charismatic speaker and a harsh critic of add on. his turkey's first presidential candidate to run from behind bars despite international protest he's been in custody for a year on the hall on terrorism related charges. represents the pro kurdish h d p a party despised by the turkish government many of those backing the forty five year old attorney all young voters. only three chala. just want to limit the powers of the presidency and see a return to the parliamentary system they want to improve relations with your openly turkey out of its economic crisis it's unlikely any of them will win a majority but if they manage to force add one into runoff elections it might end up a much tighter race for the seemingly all powerful president. i spoke earlier to the author of that report correspondent johan who is in ankara and i asked her whet

turks chose their president and parliament at the same time so far once a tea party is leading with forty three percent of the c.h.p. a second with nearly twenty three percent. will be the third largest party with just over eleven percent of the vote but it's myth now has reaction from the opposition see hate peace headquarters. there's frustration and disappointment here the republican people's party headquarters the j h b they hope that their candidate more i mean jay would at least have forced a second round runoff vote to do that they needed to deprive stop present one getting more than fifty percent plus warm vote it appears that one has done that in j has not really got over about thirty percent of the vote so a lot of disappointment here though the opposition will say that they never started off this election with a level playing field much of the television news at time was devoted to the act party and president and they got about sixty seven hours of coverage last month compared to seven hours of coverage for example for the republican people's party those so they say they were facing an uphill battle all

over ledge terror links and the biggest star injure candidate for turkey's biggest opposition party the c.h.p. within a few weeks he's managed to mobilize tens of thousands bringing hope to the end he added one camp. oh the ballot papers free of charge the stamp is free of charge the ink is for your. stamp against injury and you will break free from it all. or even away from the mass rallies the election is the main talking point just a few weeks ago many turks saw the reelection of the president as a done deal that has now changed. it wouldn't be very days are ahead i strongly believe this these sixteen years of darkness will come to an end but i just want justice in french oldest political. this is the tightest election race in many years but our hearts are with the ruling a.k.p. . this hard fought election will determine whether turkey can look forward to fundamental change or whether president can strengthen his grip. earlier i spoke to did of your correspondent yulia han and ankara she's been following the campaigning closely and i asked her how optimistic the opposition camp are about.

over ledge terror links and the biggest star in year candidate for turkey's biggest opposition party the c.h.p. within a few weeks he's managed to mobilize tens of thousands bringing hope to the empty air to one camp. oh the ballot paper is free of charge the stamp is free of charge the ink is free of charge stamp on muharram india and you'll break free from it all. or even away from the mass rallies the election is the main talking point just a few weeks ago many turks saw the reelection of the president as a done deal that has now changed. it wouldn't be very days ahead i strongly believe this the sixteen years of darkness will come to an end but i just want justice and friendship to all these political fights need to end. this isn't just election race in many years but our hearts are with the ruling a.k.p. . this hard fought election will determine whether turkey can look forward to fundamental change or whether president earlier one can strengthen his grip. it is a correspondent. for us has been following the campaigning you hear this could be turkey's most important election in decades he

chief but you have another alliance that was formed with three in the side a party of which is religious because of the c.h.p. it's let us see are you why are your party which is a breakaway from the nationalist. movement was significant in argument up on a maci elections was that the kurdish region did it break through the pressure old of ten percent and that is something very significant because not only does a government see that one of turkey's communities that has arguably been marginalized in recent years are not even. in recent years actually across the during modern turkish times now has not political representation it also means that there is scope for you political minds is to be set up because one of the things that has allowed her to run and they are hard to be sold moment in the past ten years is the weakness in the opposition it's only been with advantage to come together that something that serious challenges have mounted that even then he has overcome all of them so the political rulers are not turks stories that go into that democracy is very much something that is represented in the parliam

c.h.p. and other opposition parties will need to revitalize demoralize supporters. i'm not quite sure how much worse it should get to increase opposition votes we build up our hopes on the c.h.p. each election we are disappointed in get it done more i mean jay rosen very good but the c.h.p. needs to reform it has school great with other parties and prioritize the national interests another challenge for the opposition parties is making their voice heard in a parliament now stripped of much of its power to hold to account a government run by a president with strength and executive powers in this election campaign the opposition mainly tried to persuade voters that have been in power too long they didn't say much about what the alternative looked like the c.h.p. will say that was because calling early elections gave them a little time well now they've up to five years to work out what their vision of turkey would be but it's with al-jazeera anchor earlier we spoke to blent ali reza the director of the turkey project at the center for strategic and international studies

c.h.p. is only on the parliamentary election front you are nominated as the candidate of your party for the presidency the c.h.p. as i mentioned have the wrong kind of injury now considering the party failed to get even ten percent of the votes in the last elections the last parliamentary elections that is do you really think that you personally stand a chance of winning the presidency there are some rumors that thirteen tricks are prepared we don't know what would happen you know when you take it. take part in elections you go that when. needless to say president erdogan has a different view from the leader of the sadat party. just hours before the polls open we sat down with one of his leading advisers and spokesperson now those who claim that the new system will be some kind of an authoritarian talk receive a one man rule etc will study political history and look at the examples of other presidential system why should the presidential system in and of itself be a one man rule if you look at for example how much power american presidents have it's not any different or you look at the frenc

trial on terrorism charges and turkey's biggest opposition party the secular republican people's party or c.h.p. is represented by a senior lawmaker injury he's seen as the candidate with the biggest chance of beating erred on. the short time ago i spoke to deploy you correspondent judy hahn who is in ankara and has been following the campaign for us i asked her if ordinary people in turkey felt the this election was especially significant. oh yes you do get the feeling that there is a lot at stake after all these elections will transform turkey's political system they will usher in a new system that will dramatically expand the powers of the president at the expense of the pol humans' powers so if ms to add one wins the necessary majority tomorrow he will be an almost all powerful president he can for example appointed fire ministers to solve paul humans prepare the budgets polson you elections or announce a state of emergency so for him there is a lot at stake he could either be the most powerful men in modern turkish history or he will get the signal that this is not what turkey wants this i

parties have put their own individual candidates like more are injured for instance who is from the c.h.p. party he's our theosis opponent and a strong contender. from the party is the only female candidate in the fray and sell out the tosh is running for the pro. who's been leading his campaign from prison after being accused of having links with the outlawed kurdistan workers' party or the p.k. k. one of them needs to win more than fifty percent of the vote to become a precedent if not it will head to a runoff ok let's cross live not assume he's won during the election from a polling station in istanbul and sort of that was where the president has to cost his vote why is a sample so important in this race. well laura. is the capital of the political pulse of the church is some elizabeth big because it has a twenty million population and at least ten million of them are eligible to vote so it is very important each politician in turkey when. a stumble in a way we always say that is marriage the agency is marriage is the castle for the main opposition party c i c h b because it has a very secula

c.h.p. and other opposition parties will need to revitalize demoralize supporters. i'm not quite sure how much worse it should get to increase opposition votes we build up our hopes on the c.h.p. each election we are disappointed in and get it done where i mean jay was very good but the c.h.p. needs to reform it has to co-create with other parties and prioritize the national interests another challenge for the opposition parties is making their voice heard in a parliament now stripped of much of its power to hold to account a government run by a president with strength and executive powers in this election campaign the opposition mainly tried to persuade voters that while i've been in power too long they didn't say much about what the alternatives looked like the c.h.p. will say that was because calling early elections gave them a little time well now they've up to five years to work out what their vision of turkey would be but it's what al-jazeera anchor. president jiang has slammed a motorcycle make a harley davidson for planning to move some of its production out