daniel: our correspondent julia hahn is covering the story.he says far too much of erdogan's -- reporter: some ananalysts say economic growth inin turkey has been achvedd through doping since e growth ratates have been powered mostly by stimulus memeasures and cheap credidit fm abroadad. mr. erdogan instead ofof investg this money into productivee sesectors, agriculture, he invested money i into roaoads, brididges, skyscscrapers hereren istanbnbul and other capitals ad major cities. he is s pecially fond of multibibillion-dollalar project, memega projects like istanbul's gigantic airport or a new project called canal istanbubul, which willll be like turkeys suz canal. such projects abstract a lot of attention n but they do n n increase productivity.y. so experts here e say this growh is not s sustainable, itit is nt healththy, it does not help peoe to improve their living conditions. daniel: julia hahn running off our business report. now back to brent. brent: in nigeria funerals have taken place for two priests and 17 worshipers who were kill

for more about the start of the election campaign in turkey from our correspondent let's go to julia hahn in istanbul how did president present himself today and what did he say. while he spoke in front of thousands tens of thousands of supporters waving turkish flags and flags bearing the symbol of the islamic group to this to add once party he gave a fierce speech since there is a lot indeed at stake for him he doesn't only want to be reelected as president he is also running as the head of the party leading the party into paul you mentary elections exactly the same day so what the t.s.a. he talks a lot about enemies inside and outside of the country trying to divide the nation suggesting that he is the only one who can keep things together who can prevent turkey from falling apart so to say he also talks about turkey's military intervention in north and syria saying turkey's military breached a terrel corydoras these are his words saying more than four thousand terrorists have been eliminated here he's clearly appealing to nationalist voters as well not only to his own conservative bas