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present at iran's justice and development party a.k.p. wants to retain its majority at the local elections the day before the elections because 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 spouses sisters and brothers. but more like is running out of patience at. least. who took on the cheers to crystal that being penned in here in the street only makes people angry. chuckles 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 rick 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 anyone's popularity and last year's constitutional changes that gave him sweeping n

revealed until the next morning the opposition won istanbul with the way phonetic of the ruling a.k.p. party is already planning to contest the results. 3 days later the judges are expected to announce their verdict interrupts trial he's joined by a representative of reporters without borders just gives over the election results has dampened for us hopes of a more relaxed backdrop for the trial. like these largely depend on the political climate and now the climate is even more charged. the government is not accepting the results of the election and that makes things even tougher. so what will you say in your place the statement that we were always defending freedom of the press and freedom of expression and will continue to do so. the final hearing is scheduled for 9 fast it makes it just in time. for us family and friends want to show their support on this vital day he could potentially face a 7 and a half year jail sentence. to be mindful of. the hearing begins cameras are not permitted inside the courtroom even in the corridor filming is limited to smartphones. to. later the trial is ove

a.k.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 in rooms have been going on for quite a while now that prominent think it's been a k.p. . you know double 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 meant that probably more likely. that they will see this as an opportunity to let kind of move forward with with such ambitions and there has been a you know kind of differences in opinion within the a.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 we're told blunt and so on and so forth these figures belonging to their cause at

state run news 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

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

to solve problems his rival of the dalai yielder him from where it was ruling a party has conceded defeat the a.k.p. call for the rerun after suffering a narrow defeat in the 1st elections in march. more let's bring in de w.'s here who is following the elections it is stumble and is at an office ition rally right now julia the opposition kind of acrimony who has won for a 2nd time does this come as much of a surprise. well i don't think it comes as a surprise to him and his crew it is they have been campaigning really hard to clearly people are relieved and they are very happy so they've got or in many places here across the city like here to celebrate this opposition victory there are singing there are chanting they are repeating mysie mama lou's political slogan over over over and over again the slogan is cash a gazelle a logic in turkish which means everything will be great this is message she also gave a short speech earlier about his victory he said from now on this city will be ruled by love equality and justice instead of polarization this is a victory for is simple and all of turkey that wa

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 know how likely does it look that he'll challenge everyone on the national level. well that's of course

party the c.h.p. 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 the election is very important this time when more decisively and this could be the beginning of the end for the ruling party rule works real well all the hockey and what was done to him was very unfair he deserves a chance this man that's his right. he's trying to be there for everybody and instead of 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 it to show the band just like a brother for us his sincere love within istanbul got its beauty back and everybody started smiling again. now this is of course of me 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 economy president and one was born here he started his very own political career here when he became mayor of istanbul in 1994 so for him and his party the city

party the c.h.p. 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

party. not. the people of the idea that the a.k.p. is undefeatable i thought the same but i'm a lewis cross this idea that the moment you want to get a vote on this you could maybe kind of change everything because the ruling party is really powerful come to us which we did but he made a huge impact already because of that's good i'm hopeful for my country again. don't lose them or your generation because he gives us hope we don't want to do and . they live on the outskirts of istanbul rent some 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 the. 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 souder 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 a peace plan leadership in eastern b

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 every vote counts. the opposition has even put out sleuths warnings don't go to boardroom on june 23rd as heavy

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

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 out thought as. the lies the results we have. and will try to improve ourselves because we are the one that is sort of in th

debate this 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

turkey's main opposition party the very narrowly by a margin of just 14000 vote though so then present edwin's ruling a.k.p. filed complaints over irregularities and achieved a rerun of the election a mystery mom who would already received as mandate and who had served as the city's mayor for 18 days was then stripped of his mandate in the past week's mystery mom who has led an all embracing grassroots campaign here in turkey he has promised to soothe the city's economic problems to provide jobs and social services services to lift people here in istanbul out of poverty and one more thing it's very important to mention that both candidates. and the a k p the bin ali over him have tried to present this election as a struggle as a fight for democracy. says his amend date was unfairly taken away from him that that has been an unjust is in his opinion. says that while the vote has been stolen and that's why it's so important to have this rerun aired on himself has often said he who is a stumble when the turkey what will it say about the strength of his party if they fail to win their former stronghold the 2nd

and this will not say without consequences for him and his party as well there are already reports about disagreements within the ruling a.k.p. with new actors emerging so so right now it's within the realistic terms to say that yes a crimean up the mama once you get started one see really shows what he can do being a may off in stumble might emerge as a potential challenger to president add on on a national level as well yulia hahn in istanbul thank you. u.s. secretary of state mike hump alle has started a tour of other countries to try and form an international coalition against iran he's already met with the king of saudi arabia and will go on to hold talks with officials and other gulf states as well as europe and asia the visits camas tension escalates between the 2 countries last week the u.s. pulled back from a military strike in retaliation for the downing of an american drone. and the u.s. is to announce a fresh round of trade sanctions against iran today u.s. president donald trump said that he hopes that the measures will bring iran back to the negotiating table many ordinary iranians are already suffering under t

a.k.p. stepped in but the thing is stumble has been or had been in the hands of. the aam and his party members for the last 24 years the 1st mayor being himself and now it has changed hands and as you may remember he was saying i mean the president of the republic was saying. is stumble represents the whole of turkey. the overall population in turkey therefore whoever marry whomever wins istanbul will be ruling turkey is extremely important and actually exam day. extremely moment has done exactly that so he won a great great victory a great victory there is a 9 percent difference between himself and be 90 of them so this is indeed a threshold a new beginning. for the turkish politics paul politician political life i'd say to lie in berlin it is a huge pledge a huge promise can mr deliver on what he promised during 2 election campaigns. well it's best that we promise that we're talking about you know or he is being elected as a mayor of is them will obviously not as many is not just is not confined to be the mayor of istanbul he has gotten a political meaning that is beyond is the will

a.k.p. is undefeatable i thought the same but i'm a louis cross this idea that the moment you want to get of a policy called maybe you cannot change everything because the ruling party is really powerful home to us that you would have made a huge impact already because of that's good i'm hopeful for my country again. don't lose the war in a generation we will yes it gives us hope it is only part of us and. they live on the outskirts of istanbul rensil more affordable is an accountant and souter works in the pharmaceuticals industry their son yet is in middle school. turkey's ongoing currency crisis has forced the family to rein in spending. and. no matter what we do everything is doubled or tripled in price it was but her income has not increased the same rate this is very troubling for us. is convinced that a crummy mom 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 istanbul has allegedly been wasting money for years to host suddenly ended the interviews. jackrabbit night. t.v. call of the t.v. channels are not fair is it issued only now they st

a.k.p. stepped in but the thing is stumble has been or had been in the hands of. the man and his party members for the last 24 years the 1st mayor being himself and now it has changed hands and as you may remember he was saying i mean the president of the republic was saying. is stumble represents the whole of turkey. the overall population in turkey therefore whoever marry whomever wins istanbul will be ruling turkey is extremely important and actually exam day. extremely moment has done exactly that so he won a great great victory a great victory there is a 9 percent difference between himself and be 90 of them so this is indeed a threshold a new beginning. for the turkish politics paul politician political life i'd say to lie in berlin it is a huge pledge a huge promise can mr deliver on what he promised during 2 election campaigns. well it's passed i was part of the promise that we were talking about you know he is being elected as the mayor of istanbul of east and now his many is not just confined to be the mayor of istanbul he has gotten a political meaning that is beyond istanbu