the a.k.p. my. not be able to secure a majority within the parliament but that's far ahead but i think we should focus on right now how his party will manage to survive this all this i said that it's experiencing right now those related to the vote and the economy well there is a consensus right now that this vote was free and fair and as alan was pointing out it's also pointed out that there's a deep divide in turkish society between conservative voters mainly in the countryside and the more liberal voters in urban areas. i'm so excited the right person has one justice has one love and unity one for the people in istanbul have one. needed everything's great now i do not you know we will work for a brighter future together shoulder to shoulder and really i'm so happy that you're going to. change was necessary. people had enough of the incoming government. turkey needs fresh blood new rhetoric and a new face but i think this result is a reflection of that. you know this has been ongoing and i think p

there is talk right now of a split in the governing party in a.k.p. do you think that's a possibility or rooms have been going on for quite a while now that you have prominent figures than a.k.p. . tolo and. are considering forming their own movement's own party as pissing away from the a.k.p. . and i think you know if that's the case if we will see that the election has made that probably more likely. that they will see this that as an opportunity to let kind of move forward with with the traditions and there has been a you know kind of differences in opinion within the a.k.p. for quite a while and we've seen. much more criticism coming out of they k.p. itself do you think that is something you're the one struggling with right now keeping the party together i totally agree with this point of view because our lawn has already been losing. deep people that he started his own cause with when he formed a k p back in the beginning of 2000 so the figures like. it that were told blunt and so on and so forth these figures belonging to their cause at that cau

turkey's largest opposition party with a very narrow margin of 14000 votes but the ruling a.k.p. then filed complains over irregularities and achieved a rerun of the elections so a crummy mom who had already received his mandate and served as the mayor of the city for 18 days was stripped of his men date at the request of the a k p now interesting lead both candidates. are trying to present this election as a struggle a fight for democracy a mom who says injustice has been done to him it was unfair to strip him off his mandate and yet are among the other hand says votes have been stolen so there has to be a repeat election and that's why we are here today now and watching the selection very closely early on himself has said repeatedly he who wins istanbul wins turkey just how important is this election for the k. party and for aung. well 1st you have to know how important it is stumble is it's turkey's cultural and economic hub it makes up about a 3rd of the country's economy but it's also the place where prison adam was born when he became mayor in 1994 and then rose to power so

but he's also a religious man so he appeals to conservative voters to traditional a.k.p. voters as well i talked to some istanbul residents here in the past week and off collected some of their soundbites why they support mr in mamma let's listen to what they had to tell me you know thought he won the election is very important this time when more decisively and this could be the beginning of the end for the ruling party to work real well all the hockey in what was done to him was very unfair he deserves a chance as mayor and that's his right. he's trying to be there for everybody in istanbul no matter who they are that's his way of doing politics and that's why i hope he'll be our mayor. and probably want to do to show the band every artist like a brother for us his sincere love with him his son will got its beauty back and everybody started smiling again. now this is of course of may your election yulia but its significance is so much bigger than that why. well that's because istanbul is just so hugely important it's turkey's cultural and financial center it makes up ab

president add on's justice and development party the a.k.p. wants to retain its majority at the local elections the day before the elections it camas taking part in a rally of the saturday mother. today 7 months after the government issued its ban the police are again obstructing families protesting against the disappearance of their children stossel sisters and brothers. that mall at all is running out of patience that. a few who took on it years ago still that being penned in here in the street only makes people angry or . we've already been incredibly angry for the last 38 years. but being treated like this intensifies that anger. with him is if you are the real . it's election night. for a recently began working for tele one a small t.v. broadcast a critical of the government he's in charge of the stations local election coverage many of his colleagues have also been prosecuted the 1st exit polls start to come in the village is seen as a barometer of everyone's popularity and last year's constitutional changes that gave him sweeping new po

in march the a.k.p. lost control. but also other key cities the results have been widely interpreted as a rejection of bad ones rule he is turning quickly on for terry in recent years and struggle to revive a flagging economy the memorial had a conciliatory message for the president. i am ready to work with you in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing dot in front of all residents of istanbul. that once rise to power up again with a stint as mayor of istanbul the outcome of this electoral rerun could now herald the end of the president's 16 year rule. well our correspondent yulia han has been covering the election in istanbul she wrapped up the day's events for us from the middle of the celebrations. opposition supporters here in istanbul all celebrating their are celebrating an extraordinary victory of their candidate around him on the who has achieved a near impossible he won for 2nd time and this time with it does not margin. 700000 pounds at 42 the results we have so far that is making many people very h

the 1st forecasts put the a.k.p. ahead but it's late decreases as the evening progresses and the excitement of telly one mounts as it becomes clear that he has lost the capital ankara. the opposition is gaining in istanbul too it's a neck and neck race between the 2 leading candidates. $48.00 to $48.00 we want to istanbul. the state news agency on a dollar says the a creepy candidate been alleviated there is point 2 percent ahead but they're not publishing the real results we want. the news at the t.v. station becomes increasingly upbeat now sees hope for the future truck whatever you only get out of you will be able this is a huge blow to the current government especially given the young man's pressure surrounding the selection of the city. this is hugely opposition got hardly any media exposure only from stations like ours but despite that pressure and almost all t.v. stations and newspapers telling the government alone we now have this outcome which i hope will see positive developments emerging from this and that

agency on the dole who is rival below the rim of the ruling a k party has already conceded defeat the a.k.p. had successfully called for a rerun of the vote. a narrow defeat in the 1st election in march the vote was seen as a key test for president. and his ruling party. for more let's bring in. who is following the elections in istanbul for us the opposition candidate acrimony who has won for a 2nd time does this come as much of a surprise. it doesn't come as a surprise to him and his supporters and we can already hear people honking the horns of their cars so we can safely expect some celebrations tonight because mr mama really achieved the near impossible he won back this city the significant city of 16000000 people for the opposition it's the 1st opposition victory here in 25 years mr mom who himself was little known until a few months ago even to many people here in turkey but at the initial vote and this repeats election have propelled him onto the national stage and he just gave a short speech where he said this is a new beginning to everybody in istanbul from now on the city will be

well for president add on and his a ruling a.k.p. this is a major blow to them reputation as and i'm beatable political force here in the country they are controlling turkey they are ruling turkey for about 17 years now and for missing out on for the president is symbol it's hugely important it's a city why he was born in this city when he became mayor in 1994 and then rose to power so for him it's a movement is about self it's about power and prestige using it is a huge blow and it's a message now that comes from a symbol and that will be received in rights to charity as well so i'm sure the a taking the sad one spot it will now have to think about it's a political consequences maybe but it's also an extraordinary message that was sent to night by the notting hill drum the losing candidate of the a k p and he has accepted defeat and he asked congress to lay to the opposition candidate we can save the party take a go around you hope you can still hear me how significant is this victory for turkey's opposition will they be strengthene

and it's part of a larger trend i mean the a.k.p. also lost recently to the opposition dot just in istanbul but also it awkward ancora in izmir how do you see your party's future right now. like i said these are these are local elections and there are there are always both scenarios for election in the market the correction is sometimes even sometimes the . party has worn disability all the rest with parties and party has to. open their wallets in this country. the results you know if we look at them just broadly speaking showing. citizens clearly wanted change in their leadership where do you think the a.k.p. let them down and left them disappointed. excuse me i couldn't i couldn't hear you could you please repeat your question voters clearly disappointed with the a k p s leadership where do you think that you've let let them down. who called you a question well but i think you are talking about the direction of our people and like i said this is the nature of politics we have sometimes moments sometimes you lose and we will take ou

my a.k.p. into look at those in my days in opera would tell me older dime if you compare you stumble to a european country this is somewhere in between the netherlands and belgium that is position number 9 so that is a big win for mr he mumbled to himself he probably didn't expect these big a win but moving from such 100000 team 1000 vote margin to nearly 800000 is a huge thing and this says essentially been engineered not so much by mr amano to itself but but by president ed on who as it was just said sort of transformed these municipal election into sort of referendum now i'm watching 2 different things and i'm sure the e.u. here i'm sitting next to the european council building in the back of me you see the open commission building they're watching 2 different things one is that is the leadership in ancora going to let the municipal council of these them will work properly all will they invent new limits new financial regulations on public dentist for example things of that so that could gen

as political and economic uncertainty minds added to one's a.k.p. party may well get a feel for that discontent when the people of eternal vote in the mayoral rerun this weekend. zeman says it's cutting $2700.00 jobs worldwide with more than half of the positions coming from germany home to the industrial giant and the cuts will come from the firms gas and power division which makes large wind and gas turbines as well as other oil field equipment is carrying out an overhaul head of a planned spin off of the unit next year he says it needs further savings on top of the $7000.00 job cuts already announced. now as in most big cities the cost of rent is a burning topic here in berlin where apartment prices have soared in recent years the city is now bowling an unusual plan freezing red for the next 5 years critics about take a look. berlin once described as poor but sexy has long been a magnet for artists musicians and young people in search of adventure. but the german capital is no longer as cheap as it once was over the past 10 years the cost of rent

vote a battle for democracy saying the and moment of their victory was a desperate attempt by the a.k.p. to hold on to power in turkey's largest city. for more let's bring in. following the elections in istanbul for us tell us the latest what are you hearing about the outcome. well turkish authorities have issued a broadcast ban so media here are not allowed to report on the results before turkey's election authority lifts this ban so this is what we're waiting for right now so rather sooner than later i hope i can update you about the outcome of this election in one of our next shows it will also be very interesting to see how high turnout was because this election has taken place in the middle of the summer holidays where many a stumble residents are usually on vacation but according to our sources hundreds of thousands of people have changed or canceled their travel back their travel plans they have even postponed wedding days just to be here today to cast their vote ferries and buses and airplanes have also reportedly open open rating at full capacity so this shows you just how impo

but he's also a religious man so he appeals to conservative voters to traditional a.k.p. vote has as well i talked to some istanbul residents here in the past weeks and off collected some of their soundbites why they support mr imaam let's listen to what they had to tell me you know 41 the election is very important this time when more decisively and this could be the beginning of the end for the ruling party. of the hockey and what was done to him was very unfair he deserves a chance as mayor that's his right and. he's trying to be there for everybody in istanbul no matter who they are that's his way of doing politics and that's why i hope he'll be our mayor. and probably want to do to show love and every artist like a brother for us his sincere love with him his son will go to its beauty back and everybody started smiling again. now this is of course it may your election yulia but its significance is so much bigger than that why. well that's because istanbul is just so hugely important it's turkey's cultural and financial center it makes up about a 3rd of the country's

because he had genuinely attractive logical policies or did they go for him because he wasn't the a.k.p. . most of the people didn't in a mood because diesel. the whole. people hope. just this no go no only thing will be far better is indeed deflecting will work it will offer to. people just. of. a smooth running democracy rather than one man show that mr erdogan can win to durkee over the percent in years ferdi in london just to be clear for those of us who are not totally across that the tapestry of turkish politics is stern bull is the jewel in the political crown of turkish politics if you lose is stand bull your prestige is dented surely so what's your direction of travel if your the president even if there is a distance between you as an a president and the party itself there's not doubt that it stumbled extremely important in turkish national politics and present arrogance victorin to stumble with is an is a very important or loss that he has is an important psychological. important psychological value but i think the president erred on made a strategic error by exaggerating the

start a study hall is extremely important including the central district stroker this is where the a.k.p. was born the wallet for the chances are high of the opposition winning there. it's exciting. the 1st forecasts put the a k p a head but its lead decreases as the evening progresses and the excitement a tally one mounts as the becomes clear that the k.p. has lost the capital ankara. the opposition is gaining an estimable 2 it's a neck and neck race between the 2 leading candidates 348.8 to 48.6 we want to stumble. the state news agency on a dollar says the a cookie candidate been alleviated there is point 2 percent ahead but they're not publishing the real results we want. the mood at the t.v. station becomes increasingly upbeat now sees hope for the future shock when if you only get out of you with out of all this is a huge blow to the current government especially given the pressure surrounding these elections the city. this is huge the opposition got hardly any media exposure only from stations like ours but despite that pressure and almost all t.v. stations and newspapers towing t

to young people you know young people here in istanbul they have only known president admins ruling a.k.p. in power since the party is in power for more than 17 years and this political politically conservative movement has run this city for more than 25 years so these young people say we want change we sometimes don't feel we can express ourselves freely we want better education better jobs and they now have these hopes that misty mamadou the opposition's may and now can change that so there is at the same time a huge response ability now for this new mayor here in turkey's largest city and the big question is what he will do next earlier we spoke with the deputy chair on foreign affairs from him on the loose party and we asked him whether the new mayor would now have his sights set on challenging era to want for the presidency i wish to listen in to what he said and get your reaction. so many men will be has become a very important political figure in ready ready politics if. success is sustainable if you shows the. sustainable success in istanbul then there's certainly going to be. you

kind of signaling that this could be the beginning of the end of the a.k.p. and their political allies here in turkey so this shows you what opposition supporters what critical media all making now of this victory and the big question is what happens next year lee spoke earlier with the deputy chair of foreign affairs from his party we asked him whether the new mayor would have his sights set on challenging heir to one for the presidency let's have a listen and then i'll get your reaction. certainly the moment has become a very important political figure in the ready olympics and if. success. is sustainable if you shows that. he has achieved sustainable success in istanbul then there's certainly going to need is only. yulia where do we see his career going i mean how much of an indication is this that you mama lou could indeed challenge her to want on a national level perhaps in the future. well you have to know this election rerun was a gamble for present add on in his a party trying to wrest back control of the europe's largest city off turkey's economic ha

as political and economic uncertainty man's character once a.k.p. party may well get a feel for that discontent when the people of its general vote in the mayoral rerun this weekend. sometimes it's helpful to change perspective city decides it doesn't want any more skyscrapers and still needs office a living space what to do is a clever idea try go horizontal. at a bend in the jelling river where it's dark green waters meet the muddy currents of the young sea then you referenced city chongqing rises skywards the project comprises 8 futuristic high rise towers 6 of which are connected by a sky bridge. and of course one of the highlights and talent of this project is this concept retreat. along of steel and glass an element of ok off was during construction to build this horizontal tower up on city one of 4 top. is a big challenge the 73 storey towers are a sign that china's property slowdown hasn't taken hold here but not everyone's welcome to the wrestles towers labor is working in the adjacent docks area had been cleared out during the properties d

my a.k.p. into look at those in my days in opera would tell me old a dime if you compare you stumble to a european country this is somewhere in between the netherlands and belgium that is position number 9 so that is a big win for mr to himself he probably didn't expect these big a win but moving from such 100000 said team 1000 vote margin to nearly 800000 is a huge thing and this says essentially been engineered not so much by mr amano to itself but but by president ed on who as it was just said sort of transformed these municipal election into sort of referendum now i'm watching 2 different things and i'm sure the e.u. here i'm sitting next to the european council building in the back of me you see the open commission building they're watching 2 different things one is that is the leadership in ancora going to let the municipal council of these them will work properly all will they invent new limits new financial regulations on public tenders for example things of that so that could genuinely

had hoped for president add on had been hit hard by the country whiteman is protections in march the a.k.p. lost control much of sophistical but also other key cities the results have been widely interpreted as a rejection of bad ones rule his turn increasingly author terry in recent years and struggle to revive a flagging economy immortal had a conciliatory message for the president. i am ready to work with you in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all residents of istanbul . 6 that once rise to power began with a stint as mayor of istanbul. the outcome of this electoral rerun could no herald the end of the president's 16 year rule. correspondent you leon is inestimable she's been covering this election for us and she sent us this assessment of the day. opposition supporters here in istanbul celebrating there are celebrating an extraordinary victory of their candidate to run him on the who has achieved the near impossible he won 1st 2nd time and this time with a does not margin. 700000 thoughts at 42 the results we have so far that is making many people very

the 1st opposition victory here in istanbul in 25 years but been early years are among the ruling a.k.p. wasn't going to give up the city without a fight his party filed complaints of irregularities and obtained a rerun of the election so now it's round number 2 in the fight for turkey's most important city. crimean mom who has been back on the campaign trail for weeks he still considers himself the legitimate male istanbul and the decision to rerun the election politically motivated but she has accepted it and he's determined to win again by a decisive margin. of course the selection we run is a waste of time money and energy. and every day i'm faced with an obvious smear campaign. but this is something we have to deal with. and i believe that we will emerge unscathed and stronger from this experience. the date of the rerun is another challenge for him and his party the c.h.p. the vote takes place on june 23rd in the middle of the summer holidays that's when many people from istanbul are usually on the cation but because the last election was decided by such a slim margin this time eve

evening this comes after the party of president type suffered a major blow in the march election his a.k.p. candidate narrowly lost to the opposition president. under pressure from the president the country's electoral board voided the result because of a legit irregularity the candidates will face off again on june 23rd. but can akram immemorial win this race a 2nd time correspondent yulia han has been out on the streets of istanbul to find out what people think. no matter where x. treme mahmoud whose campaign bus stops these days hundreds of people are already waiting eager to hear what he has to say was 6 ever since he mamu narrowly won istanbul's mayoral election at the end of march against the candidate of the ruling party everyone in turkey knows him say so. and the fact that he was them stripped of his mandate at the request of the a k p only made him more prominent almost sorry rightfully won this elections. that. are part fate intervened and cancelled the vote that was a political decision a blow to the judiciary and turkey's democracy. leave the money mamma the supporters also ex

problems is rival bin ali gilder him from president everyone's ruling party has conceded defeat a.k.p. call for the rerun after suffering a narrow defeat in the 1st election in march. wu han is in istanbul for us she's been following these elections there you are yulia opposition candidate winning now for a 2nd time how surprised are you by that outcome. well his victory clearly doesn't come as a surprise at all to his supporters as you can see all around me people are celebrating they are chanting and they went t. shirts and had ben's with his political slogan that isn't turkish pear shaped is out of my jacket everything will be a great mistake mom who has mad and all i'm crazy grassroots campaign in the past week he has campaigned very hard he has tried to reach out to people he must have taken thousands of selfies with people here he won the vote in march by a very narrow margin of just 14000 votes and now you want to get a very good size of 700000 votes and you can see how happy that makes people around me everybody tonight is celebrating its a farce opposition victory here in ist

a crim in mammals landslide victory and the message across turkey clearly is and on and his ruling a.k.p. are no longer invincible. are sports news now to the women's world cup where sweden and defending champions usa are the latest teams to reach the quarter finals sweden defeated canada one nil all the u.s. team the tournaments big favorites they have an equally narrow result a nervous 21 win against spain. the usa which it on in homs by the legion of fans and it wasn't long before they had something to celebrate in the 5th minute tobin heath charged into the box and was felled by might be lay on the penalty was given and megan rapinoe lush that hung was everything was going as expected but spain hadn't read the script went back east albert was caught in possession of most so fired a crack into the top corner. a breathtaking strike from spain's key player. they kept the us and pay for the next hour but then disaster struck the referee awarded another penalty when bill hiney authorities see a court rise lavelle contact seemed minimal but even after a v.a.r. check she stuck by her decisi

because he had genuinely attractive logical policies or did they go for him because he wasn't the a.k.p. . was the people went in a mood because diesel in him. the whole group. of people still hope the justices were going to move everything will be far better is indeed deflective will work it will offer to turks people who just were turkish city of earn a smooth running democracy rather than one man show that mr erdogan going to turkey over the past 17 years 40 in london just to be clear for those of us who are not totally across that the tapestry of turkish politics is stan bull is the jewel in the political crown of turkish politics if you lose stan bull your prestige is dented surely so what's your direction of travel if your the president even if there is a distance between you as an a k p president and the party itself. there's not doubt that it's stumbled extremely important in turkish national politics and present there dawns victory in istanbul with is an is a very important or loss that is it's an important psychological. important psychological value but i think the president

of the people of the idea that the a.k.p. is undefeatable i thought the same but i'm a louis crushed this idea that. you've been a good of a policy called maybe you cannot change everything because the ruling party is really powerful pump of the cheated but he made a huge impact already because of that's good i'm hopeful for my country again. bamboos i want you to mention because he gives us hope to do and. they live on the outskirts of the stamboul rensil more affordable is an accountant and souter works in the pharmaceuticals industry their son yeat is in middle school. turkey's ongoing currency crisis has forced the family to rein in spending. and it is. no matter what we do everything is doubled or tripled in price. mr income has not increased the same rate this is very troubling for us souter is convinced that a crummy man who as mayor would get the city's economic problems under control recently in model is hear it on television and begin to talk about how the eighty's plan leadership in eastern blue has allegedly been

because he had genuinely attractive logical policies or did they go for him because he wasn't the a.k.p. . was the people went in a mood because diesel in him. the whole. people still hope the justices were going to move everything will be far better is indeed deflective will work even will offer to turks people who just were turkish team of a smooth running democracy rather than one man show that mr erdogan going to turkey over the past 17 years 40 in london just to be clear for those of us who are not totally across that the tapestry of turkish politics is stan bull is the jewel in the political crown of turkish politics if you lose is stan bull your prestige is dented surely so what's your direction of travel if your the president even if there is a distance between you as an a k p president and the party itself. there's not doubt that it's stumbled extremely important in turkish national politics and present their demands victory in istanbul with isn't is a very important or loss that is it's an important psychological. important psychological value but i think the president erred o