because there is no risk of splitting the opposition vote. the opposition has one single candidate.owever, they are running for the parliamentary race, although they are in alliance. every party will have its own set of representatives in parliament, so there are separate campaigns for parliament. that is also the case for the ruling alliance, where you have parties that will end up having different parliamentary rules. they also have separate campaigns. but the initial question that you raised is essentially the reason why the elections in turkiye, although they are free, they are not fair. because the government party is relying heavily on state resources. but also on the weight of the state-led press, including the trt, which gives much bigger coverage to the content and actions of the ruling party. that's certainly an imbalance they need to address if they are going to improve their democracy standards. imran: onur, one of the things president erdogan has done is give government workers a 45% pay rise in the days leading to the election, probably hoping that will be enough to sw

it's actually the opposite- _ post the actual quite. it's actually the opposite.the actual quite. it's actually the opposite. aid agencies and i post the actual quite. it's actually l the opposite. aid agencies and also many international aid injured cheese from the uk, they were surprised at how turkey was successful.— surprised at how turkey was successful. . ., ., ., , , successful. we had “ournalists in the field, filling — successful. we had journalists in the field, filling people - successful. we had journalists in the field, filling people saying i the field, filling people saying that they had called for help in the hours and days after the earthquake. they had family members still stuck under the rubble. we have footage. we ran it for a week, ten days after the election. we had journalists on the election. we had journalists on the ground. there was many people saying the authorities didn't come to their aid saying the authorities didn't come to theiraid in saying the authorities didn't come to their aid in time.— to their aid in time. that's not true. i

we have not heard from the opposition.n you to try to catch up with the lead the president had in the first round. they gained a few percentage points in support. it did not turn out to be enough but officially they have not yet conceded defeat but it seems pretty clear now, based on the information that we have that turkeys longest—serving leader would not be heading into a third term in office for his supporters, of course, that is a cause for celebration. for he screeches here, and there are many, is a cause for fear and concerned about the state of the economy which he is blamed for causing rampant inflation and derek are concerns on the part of many here that a further erosion of freedoms, free and civil liberties. tonight it looks like the night belongs to the ruling party and their sub parts and president erdogan. their sub parts and president erdouan. �* , their sub parts and president erdouan. fl ., their sub parts and president erdouan. h ., ., ., erdogan. it's worth noting that kemal kilicdarouglu _ erdogan. it's

for the opposition. if the h d p, the pro christmas party is still part of that system. so a lot of backdoor dealings negotiations in the coming days if that one of the boat is to take place. okay, that's the nice thank you for that xena hotel live there in guys the on to in thailand. meanwhile, the reformist opposition parties have agreed to move forward with a plan to form a coalition and move forward potty and full type party. one more than half of the seats in the lower house of parliament in sunday's elections. but it's not clear if they'll be able to muster and not forced to get the prime ministers checked as a military appointed. senate will also have a saying that the people of thailand have already spoken their wish, and i am ready to be the prime minister for all whether you agree with me or you disagree with me. i have congratulated, couldn't pass on time from good time for her had for campaign and have invited her to join the coalition. let's go back to tony. tony chang in bangkok, forest 21s

all right, so the opposition saying this is a decisive election for turkey internally. what about when it comes to foreign policy? how much of an impact could the outcome of this election have on turkey's relations abroad? what i think they will be huge changes in fact uh close to low in interview, said that that will be a $108.00 degree degree. change in foreign policy tools to key west and allies, the on the other ones leadership talk, he's become more or more strange it's relations or is traditional allies in the united states and the european union, gravitating closer to the most go in even beijing. but now a crystal says that there's a central for the country to recognize its key traditional allies, and they will be a re orientation back towards your washington and brussels to fundamental change to so easily a major changes at stake in the country as well with color store replacing a change in the constitution and the return to parliamentary democracy away from this powerful executive presidency. story and these are really very opposing visions for the direction fo

by the way, a very cool term for journalistic opposition, there is a journalistic opposition that speaksticles, but there is an opposition on emigration. well for example, something like ponomariov, who works for more effective methods, efegin, who promises to hang everyone on poles. that is, it is very, very fragmented and has very different approaches , and shchedrovych very correctly said that ukraine cannot afford dreams. -e otrukhovskii about e and there, that is, shenderov’s about the beautiful russia of the future because we paid very dearly for it we passed through minsk , we passed through the good russia of the 90s, but all the same they degenerated into totalitarianism that is why ukraine’s position is e-e she understood shendrovych’s position as well is and he very she said correctly, we are really not allies with them, fellow travelers, that is, if a sociologist, in your opinion, will the russian opposition in emigration be able to unite at least , even if not on the slogans of absolute support for ukraine, then at least on the slogans of opposition to putin , because this i

, had kemal kilicdaroglu, the contenderfor the opposition, and contender for the opposition, and presidentthe opposition, and president erdogan going head—to—head in this final ballot. it took place today. it also took place around the world, people were able to vote in their embassies, they could also vote at border posts on the turkish border. embassy voting was open for four days and we have seen people around the country flock to the polls, slightly less numbers than the first round, to cast their ballots in the second round of voting. as you can see on the side of your screen, president erdogan giving a speech to people he is still on top of that bus and there are people chanting, people saluting the president and he has brought around large changes when it comes to the role of the presidency and what that means, to let's see what else is coming into us. you can follow this on our live page on the bbc news website or on the bbc news app, y°u bbc news website or on the bbc news app, you can download that on your tablet or smartphone. let's show you some of these pictures, you can see s

and if the opposition were the winner today, it would be extremely difficult for the opposition leader as well. and i think turkey is going to be in a predicament in the months ahead but the government is going to strive to reach the next election step, which is in march 202a. fix, reach the next election step, which is in march 2024.— is in march 2024. a lot of our viewers around _ is in march 2024. a lot of our viewers around the _ is in march 2024. a lot of our viewers around the world, . is in march 2024. a lot of our- viewers around the world, perhaps if they had visited turkey, lecompte big cities, ankara or istanbul or bodrum where you are, but what is the difference between the state of play in these major cities, these major economic and business hubs, and the turkish heartlands, shall we say? ruralareas and the turkish heartlands, shall we say? rural areas that perhaps people don't get to experience and visit. is it a turkey of two halfs? yes. polarisation _ is it a turkey of two halfs? yes. polarisation explains _ is it a turkey of two halfs? yes. polarisation explains two -

the mayor a leading opposition figure actually said, according to their numbers, the opposition partyrty numbers, over 25% of the votes have been counted and mr kilicdaroglu is leading he didn't actually specify on what margin and mr kilicdaroglu treated himself briefly saying that, we are leading. but what kind of a march are we talking about and are we talking about over 50%? we still are yet to see. we talking about over 5096? we still are yet to see-— are yet to see. president erdogan there is concern _ are yet to see. president erdogan there is concern that _ are yet to see. president erdogan there is concern that he - are yet to see. president erdogan there is concern that he may - are yet to see. president erdogan there is concern that he may notl there is concern that he may not accept the result if he loses. there has been concerns _ accept the result if he loses. there has been concerns voiced - accept the result if he loses. there has been concerns voiced as - accept the result if he loses. there has been concerns voiced as such i accept the result if he loses. ii—iiff has

counted in what could be a paper the election for to have thought has chosen a new direction with opposition candidate to miles because it starts to also explain, president head wants more than 2 decades in power. also coming up. jenna johnson, the hold up shell skips buildings full support to you crime. and that's jenny to joining the to retain union training president flooded me a savanski and the training and paypal uh, awarded the prestigious shopping line products for the defense if you're paying thousands i believe results. but the opposition in the late in thailand, election period pro democracy parties against the military government of the incumbent prime minister tire channel, check the anthony handbook into the program. but to being counted into, he's land of my general election, which could see president richard, ty bode, one ousted from his 20 year rule lead results showed at one leading his rival come out. can it started with nearly 60 percent of the bar and one is under pressure of his response to february's devastating this quite and to soaring inflation. if any of the candid

it will be very difficult for the opposition to make good on this. alex world promises to change the system of government from a presidential back to a party military system of government, the opposition. their supporters are also criticizing it because they chose, they believe they chose the wrong man to leave the candidate because he's an a levy, which means he couldn't ship away from or the guns conservative supports based and the opposition decision to ally with the pro curtis h d p gave ammunition to the other side because the circus states considers the h, the p, a political wing of the outlaw p k. k. like said, i was mentioning that 3rd candidates which side he tells his support to us. the votes will really make a difference, but he has already made clear that he will not support the opposition if it continues to keep the h, the piece in it's system. okay, so m xena xena. thank you very much for that xena harder life for us. the guys going to have 7 take here. the in thailand, reformist opposition parties have agreed to move forward with plans

the opposition candidate. _ opposition. the opposition candidate, kemal - opposition.icdoroglu ran a somewhat uninspiring campaign. recep tayyip erdogan admitted to the electorate and the gamble that there was problems. he almost apologised for the lacklustre earthquake relief and said we had high inflation is i can fix these problems. kemal kilicdoroglu was never able to convince the electorate he could put together a better team if elected. «a together a better team if elected. . ., elected. turks are living in a very difficult _ elected. turks are living in a very difficult situation - elected. turks are living in a very difficult situation right l very difficult situation right now with the cost of living crisis there right now. recep tayyip erdogan has in the five years. do you think you would course on the economy? unlikely. there are new elections coming up and is bring next year, their nationally held, they act as a referendum on power. and also we saw in this election that recep tayyip erdogan does not control cities like istanbul and the other two big metropo

this is an opposition city, it has an opposition mayor, as does the capital, ankara.instead of kilicdaroglu. he was a quiet, softly spoken civil servant, perhaps the mayors of the cities have a bit more star power, they are more familiar with performing on a political stage, they might have produced a stronger result. that is all academic now. with the final official results seem to be announced, still to be announced, we don't know when the announcement will come, everyone, ithink, including kilicdaroglu and erdogan have accepted that erdogan has won this presidential election, this presidential run—off, the first turkey has seen. as we wait for a further reaction, further analysis, further reaction, further analysis, further atmosphere on the streets here in istanbul, you can follow along the story with the bbc website. there is a live page where you can see what is happening across the country. we will be back here, and i will take a towel to my hair. and we will return to continue looking at this developing story. i am glad to say that it is dry on the studios her

since processing patients, boston will say, coming up, the opposition is points to when thailand election with most of the votes counted co pay the probably democracy parties against the military backup method. the incumbents, prime minister, prior to 10 fortune votes have been counted in what could be a pivotal election for turkey, have vote is chosen a new direction without position candidate can come out. so it's beverly o expand president. are the ones more than 2 decades in pounds? go bought to ankara, the anatomy, how it welcome to the program you're running. and president below them is lensky is in front following his day long trip to gemini. so lensky is due to hold talks with french president amendment mccomb at the lisa palace. he's on a melting step, 2 of european capitals to show military and financial support as he crime prepares for unexpected counter offensive against russia. zalinski already visited paris in february. now, earlier in the day, so landscape was in germany where he received the prestigious charlemagne price for promoting your attain unity. you also have helpe

this is what the opposition has been pushing so far to avoid any kind of fraud. but uh, as far to rolling duct parts spokesperson or magic also has a press conference and he criticized. they all positions claims for potential patients. so for everything seems quite there are some minor issues. my notations about these are it even not more than what we used to witness in the previous selection? so far it is quite assemble is quite for now. text and, and it's the class say to the heart of the tourism and assemble is quiet. it has to be quite since the earthquake actually uh and it because we didn't have much taurus and assemble since then. and because of the high inflation people are not going out as they use to. so i mean, it is very expensive to wine and dine outside. that's why some people do not prefer to go off. but today, it seems people are staying at home and trying to follow the latest figures and numbers uh at home, from the televisions back to set thanks so much uh, center console the reporting that and what's happening on the streets. and she said it's

how did the former opposition candidate mahara minjo refuse to participate in the elections, of courses not small small rating in recent weeks but nevertheless now every percent i would say absolutely every percent counts because each of the candidates wants to win in the first round to win the first round in the presidential election you need to score 50%, plus one vote ago, all the votes are counted and the latest survey shows that the opposition candidate you see on the screens now has 49.5%, and the president reduganna has somewhere around 44%, and this is a trend that is constantly changing in favor of rogu's calendar. therefore, these even a few percentages that can go from an inge who was removed to a former darg are really important, and it is also important that he himself is already a former party member once a gift to the corner. that is, it is essentially the same electoral base and a large does not want to measure, there are not very many of those votes there, somewhere around three percent. but nevertheless, this is something that can help one day, and even morally and ps

they were also representatives of the opposition.cause russia has always been and, unfortunately, will be an important factor for turkey and remains so. energy dependence on russia remains interested in economic contacts, that is why we will generally have such a more pro -western turkey, which is ready to possibly abandon the s400, which wants to restore military-technical cooperation with nato countries, but with all that, well, some such cardinal changes and let's say a statement in the style of estonia or poland that putin should be isolated and handed over to an international tribunal . unfortunately, we will not hear it in turkey under any government. turkey's role in ending this war is this the subject of let's say this the election programs of both two candidates no, unfortunately, ukraine does not sound , unfortunately or fortunately, i do not know, but ukraine does not sound in the campaign campaign of turkey. there is even such a document called the memorandum of the united positions there , in principle , there are litera

okay, now i'm crossing to the opposition. these papers? yes. here's why i just source the opposition newspaper because it'd be interesting to see how they view these results. ok, sir, of course. yeah, yeah, exactly. um, because there's a newspaper big and it says weeks and we will collapse that. so apparently they, they are suggesting that they won't be winning in the 2nd round. then they are pointing out to the last that the moving out far to have space. but let me remind in the parliament, the majority of the seas are again in the presence the alliance of the national as far as the and the role and got far too. and then other position newspaper is accused. as the states, the agency and the agency for rigging the election results. and it says at the again, the same film again the same movie. so the opposition leaders have been accusing the agency of for delivering that. they saw lace and interrupting the silvery of the figures as you would remember and another major onto government proposition newspaper. it says add on last fits. so basically

put the opposition in the lead in thailand election period, pro democracy potties against the military backed up amount of income and prime minister. prior to channel the i'm anthony held. welcome to the program, but kind of gets underway and took these general election, which president richard ty, bode one risks losing off the 20, he's in power. that one has faced intense scrutiny of a he's handling a february's devastating this quakes and sky rocketing inflation and p opinion poles. 5 of his challenges come off, glitch diluted by a never imagined state media reported by the 10 that was high is not a candidate wins. more than 50 percent of the vote, a run off will be held on may 20 yet. so let's go to at tech and corresponded julia han in ankara at the photos of the opposition party, the c h p. this has been described nearly as a potentially historic turning point 4 to he and we believe the 2 and that has been strong well, nearly 90 percent have been reported. that is, of course, a stunning figure, especially if you compare it to voter turnout in europe in the countries. but i believe

stage for a 2 week babbled between the incumbent. president richard, tell you are the one and the opposition candidates come off the ledge to vote. also coming up tonight. the u. k. promises ukraine more air defense hardware, but it stopped short of including fighter jets, add a political shake up in thailand, pro democracy opposition parties of one by a landslide and parliamentary elections ending a decade, the military backed group. the fiber gap is good to have you with this on this monday, we begin with the election results in turkey. turkey's presidential race will be decided in a runoff election with counting nearly complete state media of and the under the news agencies say that president richard ply air to one received 49.5 percent of the vote. his wible come off college, the owner is trailing with just under 45 percent. officials of val confirmed that there will be a run off in 2 weeks time because no chance that it was able to take more than 50 percent of the vote. a glitch still new and hope to harness public anger at turkeys dire economic situation and also at the government's bo

so how did these opposition _ opposition parties.ties - opposition parties. so how did these opposition parties see l these opposition parties see such success? i these opposition parties see such success?— such success? i think it's a reflection _ such success? i think it's a reflection of _ such success? i think it's a reflection of the _ such success? i think it's a reflection of the people . reflection of the people wanting a change. they have had nine years of military and quasi military rule and now they have spoken and they want they have spoken and they want the military government to step back and let someone else give it a go. 50 back and let someone else give it a .o_ ., back and let someone else give it a no. ., ., back and let someone else give ita no. ., ., , back and let someone else give itaao. ., , , it a go. so how do you see this -la in: it a go. so how do you see this playing out? — it a go. so how do you see this playing out? will— it a go. so how do you see this playing out? will it _ it a go. so how do you see

and i think at this time, i think we should not underestimate the opposition also the opposition parties, all of them have gained considerable this time, i think we should not underestimate the opposition expertise and experience in protecting the ballot. they are ready this time, i think we should not underestimate the opposition for that night. no one is going to sleep and plus their citizen mobilization, there are citizens that are going to be witnesses at the ballots that are going to be there to watch the counts of the results. i mean, i think we have enough reasons to be optimistic on that front. so in a way you're giving us the political science reinforcement of what chan told us that you believe in the people, the voters themselves. let me go over to julia in istanbul. in an interview recently you believe in the people, the voters themselves. let me with you, the opposition candidate kilic dali said we will bring democracy to this country and it won't only be seen here in turkey but in the world. what does this election mean to the world? why should our voters whether they're wat

and many opposition politicians and members — many opposition politicians and members of opposition coalitionld be risky to nominate him, because _ it would be risky to nominate him, because the — it would be risky to nominate him, because the political ban decision could _ because the political ban decision could have gone through the appeal process— could have gone through the appeal process on— could have gone through the appeal process on the campaign trail and the opposition could have been left without _ the opposition could have been left without a _ the opposition could have been left without a clear candidate. i think the other— without a clear candidate. i think the other reason is that kemal kilicdaroglu, leading the main opposition party, simply flexed his musctes _ opposition party, simply flexed his muscles and useds his supporters within— muscles and useds his supporters within the — muscles and useds his supporters within the be party to eliminate any other— within the be party to eliminate any other rival, — within the be party to eliminate any other rival, including the mayo

so he pointed out that the opposition is distributing this content, what should the opposition do intuation, but the opposition urgently needs to find someone to blame, to whom it can be redirected. ah, public opinion. well, someone turned up russian hackers, of course, turned up. these are win-win goats. russian hackers are not a person who has not heard about them. true, the only thing that arises is some kind of such a strange question that hmm there is no photoshop in turkey and there are specialists who can draw something and distribute it on social networks. it is necessary to involve the russian federation for this, but it sounds simple, frankly, it's funny. the only effect was running. well, of course, in the western villages they were very much inspired on this topic, of course, such a statement from kemal, that is, taro shed tears about his own for 20 years. turkey did not make statements, it is clear that for them, for example, today's results of the choice are a small disappointment and rather. i think that kemalkovich da lu lost in these elections. uh, due to the fact th

wet to syria and iraq and also, the candidates of the opposition of the tattoo plan in the north wereconcentrated, in fact, apparently, from turkey to central asia, the change of the international borders in tehran to armenia is the lost paradise, which actually connects the wire to turkey through iran and predicts that in fact the opposition they are open to account on the weak points of erdogan's foreign policy and when they mock, they know that the turkish people are looking for plans that seek convergence in the region and seek to actually deepen relations , seek to create executive tension or in any case endangering the sovereignty and territorial integrity of witness countries in one month, mr. erdoğan tried to have several wheels in his foreign policy regarding development issues, including regarding syria and issues and asia, so it seems that this plan of the shah was not approved in the view of turkish public opinion. the reason for the repeated words is that the people of turkey witnessed foreign policy during the last decade, including in the case related to egypt, the zion

my how barbara is this is p opposition. headquarters in anchor? for the opposition cover. this is opinion the results and the strong indications that we are definitely going to go to a 2nd round of a vindication for what they have been saying over the past few months, which is the need for and you talk to in turkey. they say that the vice president for the play of ads on of the building a positive failed to win a vote of confidence. and that the runoff is going to be another. this size is the moment for them to move forward. and when the election that message has so far been that of the need to restore democracy and to fix the economy and the domains to be seen that whether they would be able to energize the voters across the country to win the election. there is a new element in this election which is basically the remarkable performance for the 3rd candidate. and i know i know the i to a lions. they all position he's going to talk to him for a potential coalition, expanding the coalition for him. so joining them is that happens that chances for the way in the elections a

so a favor to the idea of an opposition.: you don't sound too convinced that the opposition will actually take office, the runoff in two weeks because of the lack of charisma from who they rallied behind, but how historic is it that in a country that has really coordinated in terms of opposition, that they have come this far? what could it mean for the future of turkey? asli: it is really impressive. but you are right note a bit of skepticism at this point, particularly tonight, because i expected the opposition to do better than this. majority of turks say that they want to change. and the campaign is still not over, there will be a runoff. also, the counting is not over, so i should not overstate my case. but i think that with such high inflation levels, and the fact that erdogan has been in power for 20 years, opposition members themselves -- because i have been talking to them and interviewing them, expected something that was over 50% in the first round. so they are certainly disappointed tonight. turkey is also a rathe

that remains to be seen because _ from the opposition?because the parties - from the opposition? that remains to be seen because the parties have - be seen because the parties have been very critical and vocal about the decision by mr modi to inaugurate the building. even in the old pallet building 100 years ago we have been seeing has been a a lot of acrimony between the government and opposition benches, legislation at times has been rushed through, accusations not enough debate has taken place in parliament and opposition parties fear nothing will change when proceedings begin in the new parliament building as well. the fiction we have been witnessing between the government and opposition parties is expected to linger a while longer.— opposition parties is expected to linger a while longer. stay with us on bbc news. the headlines shortly. hello. a bit more cloud around today compared with yesterday, especially across parts of eastern england, even a small chance of a shower. the vast majority stay dry, and indeed, through the week ahea

it's actually the opposite.any international aid agencies from the uk, they were surprised at how turkey was successful. we had journalists in the field, fimling people, saying that they had called for help in the hours and days after the earthquake. they had family members still stuck under the rubble. we have footage. we ran it for a week, ten days after the election. we had journalists on the ground. there were many people saying the authorities didn't come to their aid in time. that's not true. i was there on the ground with a lot of volunteers. and a lot of international aid agencies were surprised, looking at the sheer size of the earthquake, and also the area. it hit ten cities. is there any other country who was this fast in terms of getting the help to the people? a lot of people, as i told you, many international aid agencies and the un aid agency said turkey was surprisingly very successful at this point. and the people of turkey, they expect the houses to be built very quickly. and we even delivered

, voters gravitate, oppositional media outlets. so we see serious pull the rise ation here. the other one campaign destroyed the legitimacy of the opposition. pick a credit or non interest, give them some tentative stimuli. they use the fact that the peoples democrat dic party, which represents the kurdish movement supported clicks through under to insinuate the opposition was collaborating with terrorists. and that notion was reinforced by establishment media. and we'll all go pick to should in depth. in the 2nd round, i think the government media, we're playing to pull her additional even more by pointing to the higher proportion of votes from the codes towards the physician. tried to portray them as being in coats with a coach, munitions, click on the stick to the boost and that you more or less constituents which will be difficult to shake off when you don't have much of a platform to counselors. and people will receive most of the new stories from broadcasting media. still social media usually domains some moments. whereas the

and i think this time, i think we should not under estimate the opposition also the opposition parties. all of them have gave considerable expertise and experience in protecting the balance. they are ready for the night. no one is going to sleep as plus their citizen mobilization. there are citizens that will go that are going to be witnesses at the ballots. they're going to be there to watch the council, if the results, etc. i mean, i think we have enough reasons to be helped optimistic and upfront. so in a way, you're giving us the political science reinforcement of what john told us that you believe in the people the voters themselves. let me go over to you the uh, in is simple in an interview recently with you, the opposition candidates q which to hold. you said we will bring democracy to this country and it won't only be seen here in turkey. but in the world, what does the selection mean to the world? why should our voters, whether they're watching in europe, the us, the americas, africa, asia? why should they care about the selection as well? melinda, i would argue these election

many opposition politicians and members of opposition coalition thought— members of opposition coalition risky to nominate him because of the political— nominate him because of the political ban decision could have gone _ political ban decision could have gone through the campaign process on the campaign trailand gone through the campaign process on the campaign trail and they could have lreen— the campaign trail and they could have been left without a candidate. the other— have been left without a candidate. the other reason is that ekrem inranroglu _ the other reason is that ekrem imamoglu simply flexed his muscles and used _ imamoglu simply flexed his muscles and used his supporters within the party— and used his supporters within the party to— and used his supporters within the party to eliminate any other rival, including — party to eliminate any other rival, including notjust ekrem imamoglu, but the _ including notjust ekrem imamoglu, but the mayor of ankara. any of these _ but the mayor of ankara. any of these choices would have been better to run _ these choices would have been b

the opposition _ recently. exactly. the opposition response l recently. exactly.- opposition response has been saying that if they will be coming into power, they will have an economic crisis. and after the earthquakes, the government has been accused of not being able to manage the disaster adequately. but the parliamentary results, we are seeing that president erdogan�*s alliance is still seeing support from the voters, leading in many cities and also in the earthquake zone, so it seems like the voters are still supporting him. it clearly shows turkey�*s still polarised politically actually. shows turkey's still polarised politically actually.— politically actually. indeed, and i know— politically actually. indeed, and i know you _ politically actually. indeed, and i know you will - politically actually. indeed, and i know you will be - politically actually. indeed, - and i know you will be watching every twist and turn over the next few days. thank you for your insights and analysis. the results of the turkish election could also be crucial for the war in ukrai

busy or the opposition leader collab sharla to and that'll be a trade off for the opposition block, whether they're one curtis votes or the votes of the this emigrant party. so this is really going entrance into an interesting 2 week period in most countries elections last one day. in turkey, i think the last or 15 days, starting from today until the end of the run off on the 28th. who has the momentum heating into the the next 2 weeks present there are on he already has incumbents. advantages near complete control of institutions. many of which have folded under his rule from the media to electro bodies to chords. and now he has the momentum because it's block one and majority of states into parliament. so he's going to argue and say to the electorate, look, you don't want split, the government, you want. uh, you know, one part, one branch uh, both branch has to be controlled by the same political power. that's me. i think the opposition to the extent that it can be inspiring and saying look. busy you don't want to try present or on again, again, i would say could make an argument, but i t

this is what the opposition said.on was very certain that this was the end of erdogan , that we were getting rid of him in the first round. so yesterday, there was a huge disappointment and supporters of the opposition felt a little betrayed. because after hours when the first results came, the opposition leaders were nowhere to be seen. he made brief appearances during the night. but brief appearances that gave no hope to the voters whatsoever. so this morning, woke up to very frustrated city. people feel betrayed and fooled by the posters. i don't know if the opposition will get enough energy to prepare for the runoff in two weeks. amy: tell us about who the opposition leader is, kemal kilicdaroglu. talk about he himself and also the movement came together to try to defeat erdogan. >> sure. kemal kilicdaroglu is a well mannered, softly spoken, grandfatherly figure. he speaks in a very civilized way. he never gets angry. he is very calculating. he seems a very civilized man. he is the leader of chp, the republican pe

being counted in what could be a pivotal election for turkey. vote is chosen a new direction with opposition. candidate canals could it's darlene auto explain. president airlines more than 2 decades in power the fonts taken shortly. also coming up to me in terms of the old shouts, gibbs buildings full support to you. crime, and it's joining of joining the european union. the training and president flooded me. so when he and the printing and people, i wouldn't be prestigious child of mine price for the defense of europeans, athens, and early results. put the opposition in the late in thailand election device pitted pro democracy parties against the military backed government of the income, the prime minister, prior to the channel to the i'm at the how it welcome to the program but count against underway and took he's general election which president richard type 3rd one risk losing off to 20. he's in power. that one has faced intense scrutiny of his handling of papers, devastating goods quakes and sky rocketing inflation. opinion pulse 5 of these challenges come out. can establish a by a narr

the xenophobic language is unthinkable both by the opposition as well as the opposite side, the issueome increasingly politicised. you have also the earthquake as the background because we are going to the election just months after a devastating earthquake which was the biggest earthquake in centuries. all theseissues biggest earthquake in centuries. all these issues out there and the government coalition also uses the narrative of fighting terrorism quite significantly which means that... so this is part of the discourse while going to elections but i think one of the things that the government is trying to emphasise more than the opposition side is the international nature of this election. recep tayip erdogan basically represents this idea of turkey coming across as a great power, playing this regional major power, playing this regional major power, so the idea of grandeur in international affairs, autonomy, has been part of the discourse of the government. and you see that the government. and you see that the government is showcasing industry, drones and the opposition is trying

and for this, the consensus from the opposition, and to agree with george, i mean, the opposition, the -- and the party that's emerging as again very reliable force in the oppo opposition, may agree or not on a basis of economic recovery. >> i'm sorry to cut you short. i want to get one more question in to petros. petros, how long before the 500,000 or so young people, most of whom were educated to a degree, masters or ph.d. level who left the country when its economic problems began, how long before that vital generation decides that greece has improved enough for them to return? >> i have fear that that might be a lost cause. as we have seen, immigration, people don't return in great numbers. and the mention, and there's still a lot of challenges of the greek economy is facing. and mr. mitsotakis needs to prove himself and his government needs to make sure that whatever economic successes and how much they have improved, those improvements need to be felt in the pockets of people in their everyday life. and unless that happens, those greeks that left the country during the crisis are

all right, so the opposition saying this is a decisive election for turkey internally. but what about when it comes to foreign policy? how much of an impact could the outcome of this election have on turkey's relations abroad? while i think there will be huge changes in fact uh, collect totally in interview, said that that will be a $108.00 degree degree. change in foreign policy tools to key west and allies, the on the other ones leadership talk, he's become more or more strange it's relations or is traditional allies in the united states and the european union, gravitating closer to the most go in even beijing. but now a crystal says that there's a central for the country to recognize it's key traditional allies and they will be a re orientation back towards your washington and brussels to fundamental change to so peacefully a major changes at stake in the country as well as color store replacing a change in the constitution and the return to parliamentary democracy away from this powerful executive presidency. so dory, and these are really very opposing visions for t

tell you the main opposition party. what's uh, what's big big wins they were hoping for, a landslide victory and that they didn't get. so slight disappointment on their side, but both of these opposition parties have indicated that they are willing to talk to each other that they do recognize that whoever comes out strong this will uh get the top of the prime minister. but i tell you what the uh, the horse trading has only started and it could take weeks. and there's a difficult hurdle to take because of the move forward part of use quite a bit more radical. and it's thinking of institutional reform and it comes to retirement, killed one of the be incumbent, a prime minister, will he accept the results? and does that go with the power of god for the pri, you've done all john and i accompany tim during this is the campaign to competing in this election? this is the crushing defeat and it's very disappointing results for his new body. in any case, the constitution would have only given him in the other 2 years, but he is

when as emerge from the 1st round of voting opposition, candidates came up, courage out a little and admits that a 2nd round looks. and i've also coming off a big political shake up in thailand. i've sent nearly a decade of military back through pro democracy policies. when the parliamentary elections that but it's not a done deal yet, the general's still have a trump caught up this leave the guy that is welcome to the program. results in turkey's presidential election show it's a tied race and is very likely headed for a run off. with counting nearly completes both state media and the pro, a position on new side, say president ridge of type ad one has received just above 49 percent of the vote is rival kim. ok. it's down to is training with around 45 percent. if neither kind of the wins more than 50 percent of the vote around of will be held in 2 weeks. can least out of the was hoping to hon is public anger at the cannot make conditions and a bunch to us. quick response president at the ones stuff with his west 1st round result ever but still has a slight edge over his opponent as t

more opposition, voice is silenced, but one opposition figure is willing to talk. so near the lou, a lawyer and a former member of another is defending the detained opposition figures. i live, according to the results, have been catastrophic on all levels of what i q. we went from an economic crisis to an economic catastrophe. and when it comes to liberty's, the name and number of people arrested speaks for itself, and nobody has been spared the job. as opposition, voices are silenced. activists, indonesia fear democracy is growing weaker and the success story of the air of spring. maybe on the brink of dictatorship, more we can talk now to use or a good note she, she's the daughter of russia to begin with. she the leader of the to nation opposition party and not a who's arrested last month. welcome to dw. now your father has been in prison for more than 2 weeks. how is he doing to? yes, to base the 17th day for my father to be in prison. also being a doctor from home on the 17th of april, a off to which he was subjected to interrogation, refused access to lawyers,

lgbt q attack on the opposition and the lgbt 0 community.ed out cash outside of polling stations like a modern day sultan, one who has now extended his rain for another five years. has now extended his rain for anotherfive years. his rival, kilicdaroglu, ran as mr nice guy, but then veered right, vowing to send all refugees at home. supporters chanting his slogan today. everything will be beautiful. he is our hope, she told us. now defeated, he says he fears bigot troubles are ahead for turkey. the choice, here, was stark. two very different options, a seasoned autocrat or an untested democrat. most voters went with the devil they know. the process is carried out very carefully, here, you have to arrive with a voting slip and with your id. your name is checked on the list. and after you vote, use own that you have done so. there are members for all of the political parties, but erdogan has gone into this with key advantages, not least almost total control of the media. a retired lawyer of 90 came out to vote for change. in retired lawyer of

it has been a very different mood for supporters of the opposition.er i spoke to journalist victoria craig who's outside the opposition party headquarters. it sounds very different to the one that you're experiencing there at acf headquarters there in istanbul. i am outside opposition headquarters at the chp building here in the capital ankara, and i can hear i'm not sure and i can hear, i'm not sure that my microphone is picking it up, butjust outside here, our is a big roadway, four lane highway. there are lots of lots of honking going on, lots of people kind of honking at the building supporting president erdogan. they're yelling bye bye, kamal out the windows, which is something that we heard after the first round here. 3:30 in the morning, people were honking. there's a big banner, i don't think you can see it, buta big banner with kemal kilicdaroglu face on it. so people kind of honking and responding to it. but certainly the energy here, at least in chp headquarters, is not the same as you're seeing there this evening. and as we were just discu