a.k. party's done relatively well given turkey's economic woes. c.h.p. had a very good strategy going in they changed it up a little they're normally recognized as a left party and they took a step to the right during the selections we've seen them go out in the conservative electorate you have to realize that the party's been in power for seventeen years now it's a party that had up to fifty two percent of the vote at one time in we see at this election that there are votes around forty five percent when you look at the political conjecture of the country over the last two or three years you see a coup attempt in two thousand and sixteen the turkish lira has that over thirty percent recently in the last year the economy has slowed down after a period of high growth so there is an overheating of the economy when you take all these into account forty five percent being the top parties still a very good result everyone knew that. there were going to be a very tight race but we need to realize that there's three hundred thousand votes that were ruled invalid

the capital ankara thousands of opposition party supporters have been out celebrating however the a.k. party is reportedly planning on challenging the results alleging they have been widespread voting irregularities despite the setback the ruling party and its allies still came out on top nationwide taking over fifty one percent of the vote. we discuss this with the author and historian gerald horne and ken stone from the hamilton coalition to stop war. i think that there was dancing in the hallways at the concert gone this morning when news trickled in that mr a.k.p. party might have lost not only istanbul but also. this is reflective of the sharp deterioration in relations between and washington the u.s. needs the u.s. military industrial complex which is the most powerful economic and political force inside the usa needs to make maintain its monopoly over sales to all its nato allies and other ally countries in order to maintain change its profits and its power and its influence in washington so having a nato country like turkey turn down or using russian weapons is a very very bad preced

the capital ankara thousands of opposition party supporters have been out celebrating however the a.k. party is reportedly planning on challenging the results alleging there have been widespread voting irregularities. back the ruling party and its allies still came out on top nationwide taking over fifty one percent of the vote turkish president claims the result was a victory. the results show that in these elections as has been the case in the november two thousand and two election we as the a k p have once again come first by a wide margin. over calipers live to gregory copely from the international strategic studies association thanks for joining us good to have you on set i was always. the us was thrown out of a gourd of thousands at the key here saying get rid of these s four hundred systems or you're not going to have this contract for. about one hundred thirty five years which the turkish government was going to buy was the u.s. taken such a hardline stance on this. well basically it's trying to force the turkish government into making a choice between nato on the one hand and alignm

istanbul thousands of opposition party supporters have been out celebrating in both cities however the a.k. party is reportedly planning on challenging the results of the country's two main population centers alleging been widespread voting irregularities despite the setback though the ruling party and its allies still came out on top nationwide taking more than fifty one percent of the vote in turkish press. welcome to victory . as a result shows that in these elections as has been the question of the november two thousand and two election does this mean we as the a have once again become. political analyst use of erin told us he believes the party has done relatively well given to these economic woes c.h.b. had a very good strategy going in they changed it up a little they're normally recognized as a left party and they took a step to the right during the selections we've seen them go out and embrace the conservative electorate you have to realize that the our party's been in power for seventeen years now it's a party that had up to fifty two percent of the vote at one time in we see at this el

dominated politics in turkey for the past sixteen years but after winning every election since then his a.k. party suffered a setback in sunday's local elections voters apparently particularly fed up with what critics say is his increasingly autocratic rule as well as the falling value of the turkish lira rising inflation and high unemployment the justice and development party lost control in major cities including isthmian and the capital ankara mr challenging the opposition's result there and in turkey's biggest city istanbul from their. small. i after almost two decades of constant losses turkey's opposition finally has reason to celebrate. the people's republican party or c.h.p. one of the mayoral position in the capital ankara and it would seem is on course to capture is stumble turkey's largest and most populous city. turkey be happy now let's establish be happy and get back to normal we had seven elections in five years let's get back to work now and serve the people just as we start today we will run the see tina transparent fashion at every moment i'm doing this happily and i know that ev

his ruling a.k. party last may oral seats in istanbul and diyarbakir cities seen as symbolically important well the party is now challenging the results which were a key test for the president's popularity some are fed up with turkey's weak economy and heir to once conservative views especially women like fatima she has experienced oppression she fled from her husband and has finally found her freedom and independence at a very special market back here. this crate of apples weighs fifteen kilos but fatma is used to carrying heavy loads she's a single mother of three and she needs to make a living. at least it's sunny and dry today. we have to begin very early so on days when it's cold and rainy it's tough leaving the warmth of your home. fatma works at a very particular kind of market all the stands here are tended by women many are former victims of domestic violence including fatima her ex-husband used to beat her four years ago she must have the courage to leave him. working at the weekly market has hel

opposition going forward that they ultimately can challenge power himself and that is why the ruling a.k. party and want are so concerned about losing istanbul. as always doria thank you will probably result in these election point to a victory for the incumbent president djoko we don't know he's on course to win fifty five percent of the vote against his rival the former general. they pulled out all the stops to get voters an election officials dressed as superheroes in the hope of maximizing turnout. it's all about this man sitting president joko widodo comfortably on course to be reelected as leader of the world's third largest democracy. let us united game as a nation as brothers and sisters who share the same motherland. after these elections let us develop and nurture harmony and brotherhood as one nation and motherland. but. the main challenger firebrand former general prabhu vesuvio antonio claimed there were irregularities in the voting setup insisting many polling stations opened late. i urge my supporters to remain calm everyone should stay calm and refrain from hasty action focus on

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a.k. posse demanded results be checked the main opposition narrowly won the city in municipal elections last weekend but the ruling party is protesting istanbul holds special significance for the turkish president as where his rise to power began. julia on reports. the bags in this gym contain thousands of ballots cast in sunday's local elections in istanbul. mahmoud a politician with the opposition c.h.p. has spent days here to keep a watchful eye on that big group. argument why do we keep watch to prevent everyone's party from replacing the voting bugs because it's done before we have a lengthy record of this we have a sole purpose for securing people's rights and making sure no one is cheated we will not or anyone to do this. for president reagan tired out one last weekend's election was one of his heaviest setbacks in his islamic rooted a k. county want to majority of votes nationwide but according to initial results the opposition has won key urban centers including the capital ankara and istanbul a city of more than fifteen million. billboards like this one have gone up in istanbul since election night president a