elections have been taking place in turkey — and preliminary results suggest that president erdogan‘s ak partye control of the capital, ankara. the candidate of the main opposition republican people's party holds a narrow lead there. in instanbul, the indications suggest support for the president's party is narrowly in front. mr erdogan has said his government will focus on the economy going forward. let's go live to istanbul now and speak to our turkey correspondent, mark lowen. if it is the case that ankara is lost to president erdogan, how great a loss is that for him? it might not be just a loss is that for him? it might not bejust ankara, martin, we are a loss is that for him? it might not be just ankara, martin, we are very close to the end in istanbul and there are about 12,000 votes between there are about 12,000 votes between the two candidates and that in a city of 18 million people. it has absolutely gone down to the wire here and we don't know which way it will go here in istanbul. the economic powerhouse of turkey. in ankara, it looks like the opposition has done it, they have wre

shaping up to have national implications president the want and his ruling ak party risks defeat in the capital ankara and other big cities like bull as an economic slowdown takes hold while seeking to capitalize on the president's perceived vulnerability opposition parties formed alliances to try to capture as many male seats as possible for the act party has build its own alliances these elections are the first since everyone assumed sweeping new powers last year on the constitutional reforms approved in a referendum let's go now to our correspondent. is inside the ak party headquarters in istanbul and as we've been reporting jamal not national elections aren't president of the on and the act party facing one of the biggest challenges so far and that is because of the economy. well as with yes i mean this is as you mentioned there are the parts to one i've been in power now for close to true decades and whenever there is a vote of any skill it is always seen as is the case in any democracy as a reflection of the popularity of the incumbents in here maybe what's more significance as fa

this is the first time in 25 years that president erdogan‘s ak party has lost control of the turkish dogan‘s party was leading by fewer than 3,000 votes when the official tally by the state news agency was stopped. the bbc‘s mark lowen has the latets from istanbul. president erdogan has lost control of ankara for the first time in a quarter of a century. here in istanbul and unbelievably close race. fewer than 3000 votes stand between the two sides, the governing ak party and the opposition. what has happened here in istanbul is the official count, the official figures released by the state news agency has stopped at 99.9, 99.89% of the votes counted, one and a bit % of votes counted, one and a bit % of votes left to count. the opposition is saying that is an attempt by the government and the levers of power that it controls to snatch victory from the opposition and to deny the opposition a victory. in ankara, losing that city is a major blow. they have also lost several other cities as well as president erdogan‘s usually loyal conservative voter base has deserted him in large areas o

these are live pictures from diyarbakir the mainly kurdish region the ak party has dominated turkish politics for nearly two decades but an economic recession has led to rising food prices and high unemployment and that could see the party lose control of mejor seats in the capital ankara and other big cities like istanbul. who has our report from istanbul. for the first time in turkey's political history reject a pair john the president holds local election rallies across the country the president's campaigning is an indication of how important these elections are to him and his party they are seen by many as a popularity test after that party's seventeen years at the helm and it's a state of economy that is presenting president add ons biggest challenge and could turn motors away from him. because the ruling party believes they can win by polarization and avoiding real problems but taking it survival to the country's future may risk the president's credibility of the ruling party currently governs forty nine out of eighty one provincial municipalities the party formed people's alli

the campaign and just how much campaigning has been going on what is at stake here for the ruling ak party. well i mean elizabeth in terms of actual politics and what to think it isn't much in terms of governance because they are still expected to come out as the largest party of the plethora of different political parties that have been campaigning for seats in the local council elections as well as for the mayorships however in terms of the image of the party as one that has been bringing about stability economic growth that has been governing centrally in an uncontested way in the sense that it has won every single poll it has and turned over the past almost twenty years that is more at stake because if they are true maybe reduce the majority or if their majority rather is to be reduced to a certain level and if they are to lose certain key seats like in terms of what they represent symbolically as the political capital of the country then that could very well maybe trigger. a momentum that's would essentially embolden an opposition which is united more so in its opposition to prodigy a

early results from turkey's local elections are showing mixed results for reggie and his ak party after a vote widely seen as a referendum on the president while everyone's party is currently ahead as a civil race but it slips behind the main opposition in the capital. and the honest sounding optimistic. we're doing well so far according to information i have received from friends i believe we will emerge successfully from the particularly in the thirty's. and i believe the local elections the corner store of democracy will consolidate the central system as of april first while everyone's rivals have been seeking to capitalize on discontent over the state of to use economy which is struggling to recover from a currency crisis these elections are the first since everyone assumed sweeping powers last year on the constitutional reforms let's go now to our correspondent. inside the ak party headquarters in istanbul talk us through the early results so far. well as you described in the elizabeth they are a bit mixed so here for example in istanbul been a legal dream who was the last prime mi

verging is underway in turkey's local elections which are being seen as a major test for the ruling ak partyat least fifty seven million people are eligible to cost their ballots you're watching live pictures now from a polling station in istanbul the act party has dominated turkish politics of a nearly two decades as a struggling economy has given an opportunity to the opposition alliance they're hoping to take power in the capital ankara and commercial have istanbul for the fest time since one nine hundred ninety four other ones ak party has allied with the nationalist movement posse o m h p n a bloc known as the people and lions the nation alliance on the other hand is made up of the center left main opposition republican people's party with c.h.p. and the rightwing. good party it's the main challenger to block the pro kurdish opposition party h d p has its supporters to vote against the ruling party in major western cities where kurdish voters could make a difference well now al-jazeera sin and joins us live from ankara so sort of this is a local election but it's also really a referendu

turkey's local elections and opposition alliance is hoping to president in the dominance of the ruling ak party the economy is in recession which could prove to be a key issue for voters and voting has also begun a new cranes highly contested presidential election these are live pictures from kiev thirty nine candidates are in the running including the incumbent petro poroshenko and former prime minister yulia timoshenko but it's comedian let me is alinsky who is leading in opinion polls and slovakia has elected a liberal lawyer as its next president zuzana coverage over one fifty eight percent of the votes the forty five year old environmental activist will be for vacuous first female president she campaigns to end corruption. saudi arabia has been accused of hacking the phone of amazon chief executive jeff bezos an investigation by his personal security consultant found the kingdom obtained private information in january the national enquirer published leaked text messages between bezos and a woman he was dating saudi arabia has claims no involvement while the enquirer says it didn't break an

turkey's local elections with nearly fifty percent of ballots opened president at the once ruling ak party is leading in istanbul but an uncle or the main opposition is ahead will seeking to capitalize on the presidents for see vulnerability opposition parties formed alliances to try to capture as many mayoral seats as possible but the act party built its own alliances these elections are the first since everyone assumed sweeping new policy last year on the constitutional reforms approved in a referendum the municipal elections come at a time when the country faces recession. has more from istanbul. the out party has been competing against itself and what i mean by that is the opposition has required the failure of the party to stand any chance of winning certain seats rather than depending on the convincing the electorate of its own political program the failure of the opposition to have those massive leadership or to present a. political program or electoral manifesto that is widespread enough and compresses all sections of tucker society is one of the things that has made sure that the

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turkey's local elections and opposition alliances hoping to put a dent in the dominance of the ruling ak party the economy is in recession which could prove to be a key issue for voters is and voting has also begun in ukraine's highly contested presidential election these are live pictures from kiev thirty nine candidates are in the running including the incumbent petro poroshenko and former prime minister yulia timoshenko but it's comedian that to me is the lenski who is leading in opinion polls and slovakia has elected a liberal lawyer as its next president who's on a couple tova one fifty eight percent of the votes the forty five year old environmental activist will be slovakia's first female president saudi arabia has been accused of hacking the phone of amazon chief executive jeff bezos an investigation by his personal security consultant found the kingdom obtained private information in january the national enquirer published leaked text messages between bezos and a woman he was dating saudi arabia has claims no involvement while the inquiry says it didn't break any laws the number of ch

world obviously is the competition between you know at least two or three strong parties here the ak party essentially is competing against itself and what i mean by that is that it has been in power for so long and is achieved so much in terms of economic growth and in terms of building the country's infrastructure and military expansions and so forth that it is that's high standard that people are expecting that they are now judging them again so when you suddenly saw g.d.p. increase more than one hundred percent over the initial ten years of that party's rule if you saw for example free education being rolled out and all of these things when there is suddenly a cutback in terms of public spending or that the economy has. shrunk or has staggered that's what people then suddenly gets angry about on the contrary they haven't seen anything significantly different from the opposition parties and that's why the anger that is being expressed by some more discontent is more so through protest votes than actual convictions wards of the other political parties and that's where we will see maybe a

fifty seven million people are eligible to cast their ballots for more than a thousand man is the ak party has dominated turkish politics for nearly two decades but a week errancy anti inflation could see it lose control of key mayoral seats simcoe silva who has more from istanbul. for the first time in turkey's political history . the president holds local election rallies across the country the president's campaigning is an indication of how important these elections are to him and his party they are seen by many as a popularity test after forty seventeen years at the helm and it's a state of economy that is presenting president add ons biggest challenge and could turn voters away from him. because the ruling party believes they can win by polarization and avoiding real problems but packing it survival to the country's future may risk the president's credibility. the ruling party currently governs forty nine out of eighty one provincial misspell a t's the party formed people's alliance with the nationalist movement party in the last two elections and nominated joined candidates then they

elections which are being seen as a major test of president read a player berto on the ruling party the ak party is at risk of losing control of mayoral seats in ankara and istanbul because of the struggling economy ukrainians are casting their votes right now in the first round of their presidential election comedian of all the demise alinsky is leading in opinion polls followed closely by the current president petro poroshenko on the former prime minister yulia timoshenko and to corruption candidate zuzana capital the has won slovakia's presidential election making her the country's first female leader of the liberal lawyer who has no previous political experience beat the governing party candidate it. saudi arabia is being accused of hacking the phone of amazon boss jeff bezos in accessing his private information ordered private investigator hired private investigators after his personal messages were leaked to the national enquirer newspaper in january the inquiry found riyad targeted bezos who owns the washington post after the death of saudi journalists. those are the headlines talk to al-

it really depends on the ak party and whether they win, i'm not going to say anything about the electionset's say they win. they will try to roll back prescriptions. we will get a sense of if investors are coming back. it's going to take some time. caroline: what's so amazing, erdogan really played to the foreign market and seemed very open to capital markets and now seems to have completely you turned. people have gone all in for turkey to an extent. particularly larger european banks. you have analysis on how it has rippled across the developing world. bbva,: you look at unicredit, they are directly exposed. insurershsbc, a lot of and banks that have tremendous turkish exposure. ? who's really getting hit is going to be the proxy hedges. -- was really getting hit? it is going to be the proxy hedges. if you look at currency volatility, its biggest move since august of last year. it we are looking at how this is going to play into the next few sessions. my guess is em currency volatility will get higher. joe: damien sass our, thank you -- damien sassower, thank you very much. let's welcom

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