it's been said that the turkish nation should thank god for ataturk... and thank ataturk for everything els mustafa kemal was a heroic leader in the first world war. after the war, he drove out the allied occupation rces, overthrew the ottoman sultan, and saved turkey fro euro. then, in 1923, he established today's turkish republic. a grateful nation renamed him ataturk or "father of the turks." as the first president of the republic, he built the foundation of modern democracy here on the ruins of a corrupt empire. a long hall celebrates enthe impressive accomplis of ataturk. he separated mosque and state, emancipated women, repl ed the arabic script th europe's alphabet, uced western-style industry, and legislatedity for all citizens. g the memorial site ndiose, with avenues of lions and formal guards giving visitors a sense of patriotism and nationalism. the mausoleum itself crowns the site like a grand temple, giving those who visit a feeling of reverence and respect. rims from all corners of turkey stand before the tomb of aturk and remember the father of their nation. >> this is "

then gorean all the time feared that one day a new kemal ataturk would dry eyes in the arab world andwould unite the car will just israel. and the fear of that prevention was enhanced when nasa took power ninety fifth. and february one thousand nine hundred fifty five ben-gurion returned to political life. this time as defense minister. just a week after bangor ian took up the post one hundred fifty israeli paratroop as led by major ariel sharon. was sent to attack an egyptian army base near the city of gaza but. forty egyptian soldiers were killed. and many more injured. when bigger came back decided immediately to show that israel is not going to give in. this time a from the egyptian border to prove the patience and the attacks by inch of traders who are on the rise in. a tub the mass of a year or what if that means a way in mass of some your himself from c.m. was the mob. in medina or was. what. and. what has alerted. are. claiming they were egyptian territorial waters not sort of close the terrans straight at the entrance to the gulf of aqaba to ships sailing to and from the isra

includes a left wing secular party in the name of the republican people sparky 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 erika 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 is projecting 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 poles usually foreign holders of turkey is now higher on the agenda of the people when don't vote usually older political science research in turkey shows that the number one issue for turkish people is the health of the economy especially in employment is the big day you're usually and after the security comes especially in

he will come the most powerful turkish politician since ataturk established modern turkey in 1923. jane: what could stop him? >> effective oppition. it was said for a long time that turkey suffered from and erdogan was blessed with weak opposition. that is no longer the case.ey re opposing erdogan with the united force for the first time. erdogan's luck was that his opposition was composed ofe disparoups. sometimes the distanceetween der than the is wi distance between them and erdogan. they have decided to overcome ontheir differences, numbe number two, the opposition has produced two effective leaders. one is heading a new party, although she set it up ls than a year ago, polling close to 15%. she could emerge as the third largest bloc in parliament. the other is more present, the candidate of the main opposition party. he is as populist a candidate as ordogan is, and someone could easily challenge him. even if erdogan wins with a narrow majority, he has two effective and competent opposition leaders. jane: what impact could theseti els have not just on turkey but the region as a

decrees and choosing most seniorjudges, turkey's most powerful leader since its founding father, ataturkation: the unofficial results of the elections have become clear. according to these i have been entrusted by the nation of the tasks and duties of the presidency. but the opposition has cried foul, the candidate of the centre—left galvanised the campign and was widely believed to have forced him to a second round. he and his party say the newsagency announced results before ballot boxes were opened. millions of votes, they say, are still to be counted. translation: don't believe the results been announced right now, it is the actual data. i tell you the real result. if this process goes on like this, there will be a second round. voting passed off relatively peacefully, with queues at polling stations across turkey. turnout was 87%. whatever can be said about the state of turkish democracy, this is a nation that cherishes its right to have a say in it. after 16 years, probably a change may be on the rise. isn't it time for a change after 16 years of ak party? no. why not? translation:

decrees and choosing most seniorjudges, turkey's most powerful leader since its founding father, ataturktranslation: the unofficial results of the elections have become clear. according to these i have been entrusted by the nation of the tasks and duties of the presidency. but the opposition has cried foul, the candidate of the centre—left galvanised the campign and was widely believed to have forced him to a second round. he and his party say the newsagency announced results before ballot boxes were opened. millions of votes, they say, are still to be counted. translation: don't believe the results been announced right now, it is the actual data. i tell you the real result. if this process goes on like this, there will be a second round. voting passed off relatively peacefully, with queues at polling stations across turkey. turnout was 87%. whatever can be said about the state of turkish democracy, this is a nation that cherishes its right to have a say in it. after 16 years, probably a change may be on the rise. isn't it time for a change after 16 years of ak party? no. why not? transl

not since the days of ataturk has there been a turkish leader with so much power the election of wretch of thai of heir to one assures in a new era a president able to govern by decree he calls it a victory for democracy tonight the opposition in much of the west call it a victory for anything but i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. six. others the chairman of the high electoral commission has just declared that is the winner of the election with an absolute majority. because from who could be on anybody's side mr one please do not the president of the aka poncing. be the president of eighty five million people embrace every one incumbent president on his part enjoy. in the excessive coverage by government who rely on private media. this is the. i hope that nobody will try to cast a shadow over the results. and harm democracy in order to hide their own failure. to. also coming up tonight marooned at sea migrant ships refused entry to european or. chileans told us there are sponsibility this begins to libyans if you try to call them that don't pick up the phone nobody nobody nobody

ruling with decrees and choosing most senior judges, turkey's most powerful leader since its founder ataturksults i have been entrusted with the tasks and duties of the presidencies. but the opposition has cried foul. the centre—left candidate was widely thought to have fought a close battle. translation: don't believe the results right now. it's not actual data. if this process goes on like this, there will be a second round. voting passed off relatively peacefully with queues at polling stations across turkey. turnout was 87%. whatever the state of turkish democracy, this nation cherishes its right to have a say in it. after 15 yea rs, right to have a say in it. after 15 years, probably it is right. is it time for a change after 15 years. no. iam time for a change after 15 years. no. i am happy with them, i trust them, i believe stability should continue. one side believes the results and will celebrate long into the night. another side that refuses to a cce pt the night. another side that refuses to accept it and believes it is a product of the state machinery. this democracy is on danger

on sunday night he will become the most powerful president since turkey's founder mustapha kamau ataturk became the first in one thousand nine hundred twenty three bernard smith al-jazeera and current as. an anchor near the act party headquarters and somali polls are just officially close how did the death of a single. well generally smooth laura turkey has a very long and proud history of high voter turnouts usually eighty percent and above it is by far the highest voter turnouts in terms of democracies in europe consistently and today is nothing different in fact people are expecting it to be even higher possibly closer through ninety percent as you heard there in berners piece there's also tens of thousands of or rather thousands rather of observers that our presence across the polling stations in every part of the country because not only is this something that is tightly contested it is something that's it will have a huge impact both inside turkey but obviously regionally as well so there's a lot of interest from difference observers and different organizations to see how smooth th

then gorean all the time feared that one day a new kemal ataturk would rise in the arab world and wouldunited for the car of world just israel. and the fear of that prevention was enhanced when nasa took power ninety fifth. and february one thousand nine hundred fifty five ben-gurion returned to political life. this time as defense minister. just a week after bangor ian took up the post one hundred fifty israeli paratroop as led by major ariel sharon. was sent to attack an egyptian army base near the city of gaza but. forty egyptian soldiers were killed. and many more injured. when bigger came back decided immediately to show that israel is not going to give in. this time a from the egyptian border to prove the patience and the attacks by inch of traders who are on the rise in. a tub the mass of the. public the need for a way in mass of some your himself from seem was the. medina. and has a. war and has alerted the minute of our. claiming they were egyptian territorial waters not so close the terrans straight at the entrance to the gulf of aqaba to ships sailing to and from the israeli

man of modern turkey, he wants to reverse the secularism and the western leaning at the heart of ataturkfor another 14, 15 years. this turkey will be unrecognizable from the one you talked about ten years ago. we have to shed our illusions and begin to prepare others in reaction or through initiative to lessen our reliance on access to turkish bases and interaction with turkey, turkey may be an ally in the technical sense, it's not a partner in any sense of the word. >> do you think our administration is capable of the long-term strategic thinking that is needed at this point? >> they've been helping erdogan. they're sending him the most modern aircraft we have so he can let putin and company pore all over it. so this is bad in the short run but in the long run we have to accept the fact that turkey is no longer in our camp. >> but these are the leaders he admires, president xi in china is moving to consolidate power more than anybody since chairman mao. donald trump congratulates him. vladimir putin gets elected again and his staff put in huge all caps do not congratulate, he congratula

then gloria all the time feared that one day a new kemal ataturk would rise in the arab world and wouldunited for the car will just israel. and the fear of that prevention was enhanced when nasa to power ninety fifth. and february one thousand nine hundred fifty five ben-gurion returned to political life. this time as defense minister. just a week off to bangor into cup the post one hundred fifty is really paratroop as lead by major ariel sharon. was sent to attack an egyptian army base near the city of gaza. foody egyptian soldiers were killed. and many more injured. when bigger came back he decided immediately to show that israel is not going to give in. this time a from the egyptian border to prove the patience and the attacks by inches traders were on the rise in. a tub the mass of a year or public the need for a way in matters of some your himself from c.m. was. medina was. what. and that has a. war and has alerted the minute of our. claiming they were egyptian territorial waters not so close the terrans straight at the entrance to the gulf of aqaba to ships sailing to and from the

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recep tayyip erdogan is now more powerful than any turkish leader since the country's founding father ataturk beginning a new five year term as president. and it's no surprise he won. this is the verdict of independent election observers. the incumbent president and his party enjoyed a notable advantage also reflected in the reflect the word coverage by government and private media. the restrictive legal framework and powers granted and the state of emergency limited fundamental freedoms of expression including on the media. this is a map of turkey — the yellow represents provinces won by mr erdogan. recep tayyip erdogan took more than 52% of votes counted, his closest rival was moo—harem in—ja muharrem on 31%. he's accepted the count — though not the nature of the election. in the parliamentary elections, mr erodgan‘s ak alliance party took 42%. the opposition chp got 23% good news all round for the president's supporters. here they are at a rally in ankara. the president spoke of uniting the country — which seems some way off. here's more of the address. ff sot translation: starting from to

this country since the man who founded the turkish republic, nearly 100 years ago, mustafa kemal ataturk has struck japan's second city, osaka, killing three people and injuring more than two hundred. the magnitude 6.1 quake struck during the morning, disrupting rush—hour transport and leaving tens of thousands of homes without power. north and south korea have announced plans to form several combined sports teams at the asian games in indonesia in august. the agreement, which includes a joint basketball match in pyongyang, comes amid a number of talks between the two koreas aimed at deepening their ties. a military hat thought to have belonged to the former french emperor napoleon has been sold at auction in lyon for $325,000. it is said to have been salvaged from the battlefield after his 1815 defeat at waterloo. napoleon was renowned for his military "bicorne" hats, so—called because they had two points. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come... from football grounds to finishing schools — what the world cup means for young girls in russia. when was the last time you paid for

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