and this is his key rival — kimil kilicdaroglu.f a broad opposition alliance hoping to end mr erdogan�*s time in power. in the last hour, we heard from president erdogan. he tweeted: "the voting process has been completed throughout the country in a way that befits our democracy. now, as always, it is time to firmly protect the ballot boxes. until the results are finalised, we will continue to protect the will of our people. let's talk now to our correspondent, silin girit at the opposition�*s headquarters in istanbul. things are looking very calm behind you. what is the atmosphere like? it feels like the calm before the storm. counting is under way and everyone across the nation feels very edgy, actually, about what might happen, what is going to happen. if it is a tight margin every vote will count and if it is a tight margin there is this fear of the repeat of what has happened three years ago during the municipal elections in istanbul. the votes were counted and there was a small margin and the election process had to be repeat

and this is his key rival — kimil kilicdaroglu. of a broad opposition alliance opening to end mr erdogan�*s time in power. live now to our middle east corrrespondent, anna foster, from antakya. it is one of the city is yet to recover from an earthquake. it it is one of the city is yet to recover from an earthquake. it is. the devastation _ recover from an earthquake. it is. the devastation still— recover from an earthquake. it is. the devastation still here - recover from an earthquake. it 3 the devastation still here after that earthquake on the 6th of february is extraordinary. while city blocks are raised to the ground under real quietness in the streets. this has been, in many ways, a ghost town until today because thousands of people have had to come back here to vote in the election. hundreds of thousands fled the area altogether because so many of these buildings including this polling station, this building behind me as a school, it is where people have normally been voting and you can see the roof has slipped half off and

and this is his key rival — kimil kilicdaroglu.f a broad opposition alliance hoping to end mr erdogan�*s time in power. as polls closed, president erdogan tweeted: "the voting process has been completed throughout the country in a way that befits our democracy." "now, as always, it is time to firmly protect the ballot boxes. until the results are finalised, we will continue to protect the will of our people." let's talk now to our correspondent, selin girit at the opposition�*s headquarters in istanbul. hello to you. i suppose we can talk a bit more freely now that polls have closed but this is a tight race is in? it have closed but this is a tight race is in? , �* , have closed but this is a tight race is in? , ~ , w is in? it is. a very tight race. it will have _ is in? it is. a very tight race. it will have a _ is in? it is. a very tight race. it will have a very _ is in? it is. a very tight race. it will have a very important - will have a very important consequences. it is the most crucial elections in modern turkey history. t

his main rival, kimil kilicdaroglu, has a real chance of winning — after being chosen as the leader of corrrespondent, anna foster, is in antakya. allah has sent us this report. hundreds of thousands in fact, probably hundreds of thousands of people probably had to leave the area after the earthquake back in february and they had to come back here to cast their votes today. —— anna. there are just behind the camera at least 100 buses that have been arriving here all morning discharging passengers who then are dealt with in these tents, people with big sheets of paper and pens, people telling them where to go and putting them on smaller buses to get them to the local area for a they must vote and if we look behind me all these apartment buildings you might see the damage in the roofs, these are empty, nobody lives here now and it gives you an idea of the difficulty of voting in the selection for people in this part of the country, millions of people desperate to have a say in the future of turkey who have experienced devastation in the last few months but have to go through so much toda

and this is his key rival — kimil kilicdaroglu. kemal kilicdaroglu.cdaroglu. he's the leader of a broad opposition alliance. our middle east corrrespondent, anna foster, from antakya — she's been visiting a hub where thousands of people were arriving in buses to cast their votes. and i spoke to her a little earlier. this is one of the places they come to next from the get of the buses. in turkey, people vote in schools. this can see are so badly damaged it is not safe to go back inside. is not safe to go back inside. instead, you have this whole row of containers, one for every classroom that would normally have been where people go in and cast their votes. there have been long queues here all day, a steady stream of people who have been coming back to this earthquake area to cast their votes because if they didn't register in the parts of turkey that they are now, they had to come back here. this is one of the most pivotal elections in years. in the last few days have been trying to get a sense of the issues, the things that have beenin of the issues

and this is his key rival — kimil kilicdaroglu. and this is his key rival — kemal kilicdaroglu.orrrespondent, anna foster, is in antakya — she�*s been visiting a hub where thousands of people were arriving in buses to cast their votes. and i spoke to her a little earlier. this is one of the places that they come to next, when they get off the buses. here in turkey, people vote in schools. this one that you can see is so badly damaged that it is not even safe to go back inside. instead, you have this whole row of containers, one for every classroom, that would have normally been where people were going in and casting their vote. there have been long queues here all day, a steady stream of people. they have been coming back to this earthquake area to cast their votes, because if they didn�*t register in the parts of turkey that they are in now, they had to come back here in order to cast their vote, in what you rightly say is one of the most pivotal elections here in years. in the last few days i�*ve been really trying to get a sense of the issues, the things that are going to be

his main rival, kimil kilicdaroglu, has a real chance of winning — after being chosen as the leader of live now to our middle east corrrespondent, anna foster, from antakya. two hours ago you were in a hub where thousands of people we spoke to a couple of hours ago when you are in a hub with thousands of people arriving on buses to cast their votes. tell us where you are now. , , ., ., their votes. tell us where you are now. , ., , ., now. this is one of the places that they come — now. this is one of the places that they come to _ now. this is one of the places that they come to next _ now. this is one of the places that they come to next when _ now. this is one of the places that they come to next when they - now. this is one of the places that they come to next when they get i now. this is one of the places that l they come to next when they get off they come to next when they get off the buses and here in turkey people vote in schools. this one you can see is very damaged and unsafe to go back inside. instead, you have this row of containers, one for every classroom that would have

and this is his key rival — kimil kilicdaroglu.rdogan. live now to our middle east corrrespondent, anna foster, from antakya. nice to see how has voting been going? nice to see how has voting been auoin ? ., nice to see how has voting been hoin ? ., ., , nice to see how has voting been hoin? ., , nice to see how has voting been uuoin? ., , ., nice to see how has voting been hoin? ., , ., ., going? voting has been, we are told, --oular going? voting has been, we are told, pepular across _ going? voting has been, we are told, popular across the _ going? voting has been, we are told, popular across the country. _ going? voting has been, we are told, popular across the country. really - popular across the country. really long queues at polling stations. really high turnout. 0f long queues at polling stations. really high turnout. of course we won�*t know any of these things for sure until polling closes and round about an hour�*s time and those ballot papers start to be processed but when you look at those long queues, and they do have