one was "turkey has awoken!" other from "time magazine," "the election lost for erdogan is a victory for democracy." is that how you see it? ursula: we have similar headlines in germany too. i think these are the hopes of people who are very hopeful to the development of turkey to a real democracy, to freedom of press, to freedom of people expressing their views. this was one of the first things everybody thought when we heard about the outcome of the elections for turkey. the other thing is the question, how will it fulfill its role in the geopolitical scene they are in? will they be able to accept more than 2 million refugees they already have and integrate them? peter: [indiscernible] ursula: nobody knows whether the smaller parties will fulfill this responsibility. peter: what we are also seeing is, there's going to be possible gridlock in the system. there's possibly going to the new elections. you are an expert on finance. we all know what that means is uncertainty. that cannot be good for an economy descri

turkey is no longer the turkey of 1990. kurds are no longer the kurds in 1990.turkish security presence in turkish to -- kurdish minority regions are nowhere near the 1990s. turkish state and military and the police no longer have the same options on the table, no longer have the same capability command i also used to serve as a volunteer/shadow for the kurdish minority regions. region. and to be frank, people wouldn't know the region no the everyday life in the region can.out to you the vast difference between what we have today as opposed to 1990s. the pkk seems to have full control of the region and any attempt by an akp mkp coalition to impose a security centered approach more of a turkish islamic centered approach in of the region will backfire and will probably feel a lot of unrest like we have seen with the uprising. >> can i just ask you again if you want to comment about the overall impact. is it significant that all that the kurds have now gotten into the ballot box and elected this party that may be made up of pkk sympathizers but is not necessarily f

then we had mhp turkey's nationalist party, and hdp, turkey's kurdish party.gic votes, swing votes, in the last week.mçy so these are the parties where almost one od,j# five voters came within the last week.a5qÑ to be frank the assumption is the votes that came to mhp happened to be erdogan skeptics and the votes!Ñ that came to akp happened to be skeptics that would like to see kurdish representation in the parliament. on dpil difficult to argargue. these two arguments are doyle prove. what we see is a lot of the kurdish conservatives swings to hdp within the last week. and in the exit polls we see these people still see erdogan as the most successful leader of the campaign. 13% of the hdp voters think erdogan was the most successful leader of the campaign although he wasn't a party to the elections. so as some scholars warn us, we should not overemphasize the overall progressive nature of the hdp vote. this is a big coalition. maybe 10% to 20% of progressive secular kurdish leadership at the top and then a vast base -- follower base, which shares a lot in com

i think objections to turkey full membership quieted turkey's excitement.o the process has not come to a standstill but come to a very slow pace of movement. but i think we are seeing a very interesting development. support for turkey public dipped as erdogan took turkey no the middle east with the intent of making it a middle east power. then that support came up as it became apartment turkey was not becoming a middle east player and exposing itself to threats in syria left without allies, pocksies and friends in the region. without any change on the accession front success has dipped to the 30s and compaq come back up to 50%. the turks say with neighbors like that, it will be hard. ultimately, i think it will be the forthcoming liberals ticket that turk's accession will be a reality. >> rose: at least rumor turkey was becoming less secular. >> it's certainly true warned use red ling and religious symbols and waists the qur'an at an election rally. i think there was significant backlash against that. i think the issue mostly with erdogan wasn't religion pe

turkey being more - turkey going down the road of a dictatorship. the question is that what is the - right now what are the trends that tell us that turkey is on the road towards an islamic state or dictatorship. when you look at the structural factor at a certain level or if you look at trends i, myself cannot see a trend that are pushing turkey towards dictatorship or islamic state. >> good to get your thoughts. thank you very much >>> the leader of the world's catholics, pope francis, held a mass for thousands of worshippers in the bosnian sary ava and urged bosnian, serb croat and muslims of the country to leave troubles behind. the visit coming at the end of the bosnian war, killing 100,000 people. laurence lee joins us from sayy evo, it's considered on important visit. what else is he going to be up to. yes, the message is about reconciliation. the mass in the olympic stadium the center peace is coming to an end. remarks earlier on were interesting. he met bosnian's three presidents they have a tripartite system. in his remarks he said in his

turkey cannot take the behavior of a world party. you cannot try to change situation in one country. >> last year to become prime minister he reject accusations that the party relations are at the heart of his proposed government. >> values like democracy values like supporting human dignity. >> reporter: turkey's foreign policies have not only helped dweend define their acts, but its bidhe saysthe criticism unwarranted. >> many actors they blame turkey and turkish leadership for changing its foreign policy orientation but this is not the case. when we look at the regional environment in which turkey's located, we see that the other side of the relationship, other actors were changed dramatically. >> there's no doubt that turkey's world presence has grown. far beyond its borders. assemble what else do you see jamal as the other issues at play here? >> one of the major issues is the economy, for example jane, over the last decade, turkey has boomed, average income of each turk had quadrupled, from around 2400 to $10,000. the economy h

sinjar amir is a professor of turkey relations. >> turkey is not a medium power not a world power. turkey cannot take the behavior of a world power. you cannot take party for one side and try to change the situation in one country. >> reporter: aimmediate dir beidoku. >> based on certain venues, values like democracy. values like supporting human dig it this. >> reporter: turkey's foreign policies have not only helped define the ak party answer rule, but in world policies, it has won turkey a lot of support but also a great deal of criticism. >> says that the criticism is unwarranted. >> many actors they blame turkey and turkish leadership for changing its foreign policy orientation but this is not the case. when we look at the regional environment in which turkey is located, we see that the other sides of the relationship, other actors were changed dramatically. >> there's no doubt that turkey's role on the world stage has grown since it came to power. extends far beyond its borders. jamalel shael. al jazeera ankara. >> giving up the bullet for the ballot. we meet the vigilantes t

ally turkey. a lot of those fighters come through turkey into iraq. if i.s.i.l.can keep getting reenforcements it's going to keep the battle going a lot longer. that is prongs of the policy. the big question is the u.s. can train more troops, equip more, but it needs more trainees, more people to train up. that's the commitment the president was talking about until iraq can show that it can produce more raw recruits to go into training then it doesn't matter how much traij capacity the u.s. has there. -- training capacity the u.s. has there. david. >> jamie putting forward air controllers on the ground in iraq to try to help, essentially try to show the iraqi military that there's more the u.s. can do. last that thought or plan changed at all given concerns so many in congress about iraq not having confidence itself? >> no, it hasn't changed. and it's because of one thing: the risk of u.s. casualties. because it's not just those spotters ton ground but the u.s. troops that would have to protect them and that would shift the u.s. into a combat role. the u.s. is no

is a good result for turkey.'m in favor of a diverse parliament in turkey and anywhere in the world. >> chris was expected. it is a victory for humanity. it is necessary to make sure people are no longer oppressed. >> i capital en route to the crisis meeting. for 12 years, the akp as governor alone and now they need a coalition partner's -- has governed alone and now they need a coalition partner. >> it's one of the most positive results of yesterday's election. turkey has a mature democracy, therefore a coalition [no audio] are very unlikely. >> in kurdish areas, the election result was celebrated in early hours. -- into the early hours. it was the kurdish party that stopped the governing party from achieving an absolute majority. that means a plan to change to the constitution which would have given the president more power, is no longer in the cards. >> let's go to istanbul for some analysis will stop our correspondent joins us via skype. dorian what if this mean for politics in turkey? >> it's the end of 13 y

in the u.s., and in other countries, media groups cooperate with a parallel state in turkey >>> turkey has seen press elections dropping of over the past three years the country gaoled as many if not more journalists than china, which has 20 times the population. the government has been so heavy-handed with media outlet that self-censorship is right, to the extent when the protests erupted in 2013, many d their best to cover the story. at least initially until protesters talked them into doing their jobs. self censorship is rude in self-interest. most media interests in turkey are owned by conglomerates, investment in media is minute compared to other holdings, many of which do big business with the governments and don't want news outlets to jeopardise that. dowan holdings owns huliac. when the paper referred to death. it referred to mohamed mursi winning 52% of the vote, the figure recep tayyip erdogan polled in 2014. the picture didn't feature mohamed mursi, it was recep tayyip erdogan. a lawyer on acting on recep tayyip erdogan's behalf went to prosecutors demanding an investigation

wants a stable turkey. the u.s.l be glad president erdogan's effort to get this unprecedented executive power in the presidency has been turned back by the people but will be glad to see a n.a.t.o. ally, a long-time friend of the united states affirming its democracy. this is now a very dangerous part of the world and it's a time in which instability in the turkish government, uncertainty about the future, is going to be dangerous for turkey and it's neighbors and worrying to the united states so i'm sure there will be a lot of discussions about policy in the next several weeks. the first decisions have to be made by the turks and the elections. >> woodruff: so the rest of the world is waiting to see what happens in turkey. >> yes, but i think they're happy with the results. europe has been critical of the turn. the financial matters and the traditional lack of freedom of expression and media freedom, so i think this is a result you would be happy with. >> woodruff: i was struck what you said about such a significan

i send my respects to everyone of turkey's citizens.f we have fought for one cause in the past 13 years it was the will of the nation. they tried to influence the government by intimidating us, but we'll always continue to fight for the will of the nation and we will continue to do so. >> let's talk to omar now because he is at the main chp headquarters in istanbul. we've been hear from the hdp. they said that this puts an end to the system in turkey. they said they don't want to be in coalition with the ak participate. this is not the result that the chp was hoping for but what are you hearing from party officials over there? >> well, they're able to form a single party government. they are very optimistic that if all of the parties in turkey keep their promises they made during which they say they will not join the ruling act party for any coalition it will be the chp who will be able to form that because the first party couldn't form a government. i think it's a wild chance for them but it is a possibility. so they are putting a resu

turkey costs syria policy -- turkey's syria policy is no more popular inside turkey than america's policy is here. there are no easy answers. the opposition will be debating those more severely. it is not a bad thing. katty: thank you so much for coming in. >> you are welcome. katty: president obama has said the united states does not have -- yet have a complete strategy for training iraqi forces to fight islamic state militants. speaking at the g7 summit, he said the pentagon was reviewing plans to ramp up training and assistance to iraqi forces. but he also said there must be full commitment by iraqis themselves. tonight, investigators are still trying to figure out how two convicted murderers broke out of a maximum prison in new york state on saturday. the estate -- escape reads like a hollywood script, complete with a taunting post-it note left behind. a $100,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the capture of the two inmates. nick ryan has the latest -- nick bryant has latest. nick: it is a small army of police officers setting up roadblocks in the area surroundi

turkey cannot take behaviour. you cannot take party for one side and try to change the situation in one country. >> this man moved from the foreign ministry to become prime minister. he relates accusations that the party interests are at the heart of the government's diplomacy. >> we proposed a proactive foreign policy and based on certain venues rather than interests, democracy, values like supporting human dignity >>> turkey's foreign policy not only helped to define the rule over the past decade but created new realities in politics. the bid to become a regional power known support and criticism. this man says that the criticism is not warranted. >> any actors blame turkey and turkish leadership for changing foreign policy orientation. this is not the case. when we look at the regional environment in which turkey is located, we see that the other sides of the relationship other actors were changed dramatically. >> there's no doubt turkey's roll changed when the ac party came to power >>> stay with us here on al

guest: probably not under an erdogan-led turkey. it takes two to tango and i think franco german objections to turkey possible membership also quieted the excitement. the process has not come to a standstill, but it has come down to a very slow pace of movement. we are seeing a very interesting development and support for succession dipped under akp as erdogan took turkey to the middle east with the intent he would make it a middle east power. and then that support came up as it became apparent that turkey was not becoming a middle east player, that it was exposing itself to things like isis and the assad regime. it was left without allies, proxies and friends in the region. not that the eu has made talks more realistic or anyone is pushing for it in brussels support for annexation among the turkish problem -- turkish public has come back to around 50%. in a way, turks are flirting in their mind, saying it's better to be a european country done a middle east power. with neighbors like that, it's going to be hard, but ultimately it w

author of the rise of turkey the 21st century first muslim power. thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. >> pleasure to be with you. >> just reading how some of those parties you know would go and who they would and wouldn't form an alliance with. it doesn't look like the akp is going to find it iz to easy to join an loins. >> true. formed by parties from outside to seek confidence or it might be a coalition government less likely scenario perhaps as what you figured out seems implausible to bring about a coalition. in any case, one thing is for sure after having been run by a single party turkey is entering a train of minority governments and we know no coalition or minority government has ever lasted its full term. that means turkey will definitely have a mid term election, since it's very likely the government will not last its term. finally, turkey usually witnesses economic and political cries crisis, will the opposition paint the akp as a problem and gain from elections. very unusual period of turkish politics that we are witness

inter tell us more about refugees and how is turkey coping with the influx?well, turkey is hosting 1.7 million syrian refugees those extra 23,000 that have come in the last about within the last couple of weeks will be hosted in already existing some of the existing refugee camps but most of them actually go and join families who are already on the turkish side of the border and live in private accommodation of the 1.7 million refugees here in turkey only some 350,000 are actually in refugee camps. but what forced them across the border in the end from talapia was the intensity of the fighting particularly the bombardment that ended up yes removing i.s.i.l. from the town but also destroying people's homes homes. syrian town on the border with turkey not any more. these are fighters from the syrian kurdish ypg. their flag now flies over this border crossing. three-week assault by wpg forced thousands of people to cross to turkey and u.s. led coalition air strikes have helped the ypg push through, the price these people have paid are homes turned to rubble. >>

it could be turkey's most important election in history, how sunday's vote could have a serious impacte relationship with the u.s. welcome back to al jazeera america it's is 10:49 eastern and take agree look at the top storyies 90 are dead in ghanna after a gas explosion in the capitol at a gas station actually that caused a fire which spread to neighboring buildings, people were taking shelter from intense flooding at the station when the explosion happened and officials believe the accident is linked to flooding. a new warning this morse about mers in south korea, a doctor with the syndrome may have come this contact with 1,000 people at a meeting and three in south korea have died of the illness 1100 schools are closed and 1600 people are quarantined and there is no known cure. usda says a vaccine against bird flu in chickens is only effective 60% of the time and birds have been recalled as a result of the out break. turkey goes to election for the most important in history and we are joined by patricia and this could transform democracy in turkey as well as the relationship with th

peace and sphra alternate fraternity is what turkey needs. when people get more powerful sometimes they do not keep their promises and the akp disappointed us. . though the image of hdp leader is woven in carpet and hang for sale along other kurdish heroes is an indication of how many hope people have in this bl leader. >> we have economic problems here in towrk. turkey. >> minority groups and ethnic turks were also persuaded to throw their support behind the hdp. that's how it won 80 parliamentary seats. to get 18% at the first vote is remarkable. the no government is formed there will be fresh elections and the hdp will have to pull off the same feat again. working hard to make sure be be democracy in the turkish parliament is not lost forever. >> activists say the injured are being shifted to turkish hospital he but since march turkey closed all entry points. osama ben javid reports. >> a bomb has just been drochtd on thisdroppedon this neighborhood in northern syria. dozens were killed. the government of bashar al-assad has dropped dozens

afford to isolate turkey? >> it is a very large country population of 80 million 17th largest economy in the world that's thanks oerdogan, he has basically made peace with the kurdish, pkk, that is also to his plus. but given the turbulence to the south and to the north in iran, it is highly highly educated, are important to the region and to all of us. so we basically shut our eyes to some of the things that happen and try to work out solutions. >> there hasn't been much history of electoral fraud. if it's a close election as you're describing for the kurds as to what percentage they get is there concern erdogan could tilt the scales in his favor fraudulently? >> to the extent that there have been accusations of irregularities and fraud and if you will security force actions that dampen participations at the ballot urns, if the results fall below 50% there will be a huge outcry and that will have an impact on turkish stability and that will be a concern to all of us. >> is there a chance that greater power if

turkey's ruling party suffer as set back in the ballot box and suffers the grueling task of billing a coalition. ♪ hello from al jazeera headquarters in doha i'm jane and also ahead stopping the spread schools are closed in seoul as south korea records more cases of the deadly mers virus. forgotten war and we report from the world's youngest country where there are fears of the fate of thousands of children plus. >>> nick clark in cuba home to some of the world intact environment including some spectacular coral reefs. ♪ we begin in turkey where the ruling party stripped of majority in parliament bringing end to a 12 year long single party rule and we will be live in turkey and how things now look in parliament. this is what is at stake 550 seats and needed 276 to rule along but this is what happened with 41% of the vote they have just 258, the main opposition party, the chp will get 132 seats while the nationalists movement party or mhp sits on 80 seats. the big winner is the pro-kurdish people's democratic party, for the first time it is clear 10% threshold needed to enter parliamen

bond yields rising as well in turkey. get the impression that investors aren't particularly happy. i'm joined by the ceo of capital markets in turkey. great to have you with us. what would you be telling clients to do? >> kerepep calm. after such election results it is difficult with the market opening 8% down. yesterday evening, down almost 6%. it is hard to keep calm. what we are facing now is uncertainty, especially after the speeches of the party leaders. there is a bit of uncertainty. this outcome has been expected. it has been reflected in the polls. we just need to calm down. we need to probably spend the next one week looking into what kind of coalition possibilities are there. it is for sure that there can't be a single government anymore. the combination of what can happen and how can happen will probably hurt the markets. elliott: now that it is clear we are not going to have single party rule not winning a parliamentary majority, what is the best case scenario from the perspective of investment and the economy

that is the situation in turkey. turkey spends a lot of time and money on convincing the world that they learned from the tobacco lobby and the anti global warming lobby that you don't have to argue against it, you just have to sows seeds of doubt. hillary clinton said it recently in is the debate. is like deviating whether world war i happened or if the holocaust ever happened. these are not real debate, not historical debate but if you grow up in turkey is possible you can grow again never hear the truth, no textbooks are going to tell the truth. what happens is the end up with very strange things because turkey is a modern country, people work their way up into graduate school, become historians one of the main turkish writers on the armenian genocide comes to princeton to work and somebody says to her why did your grandfather kill my grandfather? i have no idea when you are talking about. she had never heard had no idea. this was her major. so she began to study it. i would recommend anybody who has any doubts ju

i've been to turkey a couple of times. turkey's a very beautiful country. it's a bittersweet experience for an armenian, especially a turkish-armenian which is what i hail from to be there. i mean i can feel it when i'm there, that this was where i came from. and yet when you hear the call to prayer from the mosques, i mean, i personally can't help but wonder were these the last things my great grandfathers heard before their -- i can't even imagine what happened to them. i went to berlin to investigate where talat was assassinated. i've been to the rome -- i've been to that neighborhood many times anyway. i even went to glendale to interview the daughter of a man who was pretty much the ringleader on the ground. he kept everything moving. but, yeah. i did it in a kind of, like, i don't have this now, now i have to go get this. i don't know about this, where is this? i have to go find this. so if i would discover that there might be something having to do with spy circles that i didn't have -- i didn't know about, i would get in touch with friends in london

taken to hospitals in northwest turkey. but that's been difficult to do since march when the country closed all entrance and exit points. the only way out of the conflict remains shuttle. out of nine crossings these were the only ones under the control of syrian rebels. they are considered vital for supplies in northern syria under the control of opposition fighters. >> that our border crossing has been killed by the turkish authorities who only told us one day before the closure the relief supplies can't go through and troops can't go anywhere. >> reporter: it is hard for many people to return to the border. syria's main opposition group says they host northern humanitarian situation and hope the roads will open soon. >> there are promises of the turkish government to reopen the border crosses after the parliamentary elections. >> there is also a concern about people joining islamic state of iraq and the levant and fighters returning through the border, with crossings closed it means civilians are restricted. i.s.i.l. is s

the injured were taken to hospitals in turkey. but that's been difficult to do since march when the turkish government closed all encumbrance and exit points from syria. there have been some exceptions for the severely wounded. the only way out of the conflict remains shut. out of nine crossings these were the only ones under the control of the syrian rebels. they are considered vital for supplies from northern syria for the rebel fighters. >> the border crossing has been closed by the turkish authorities who only told us one day before the closure. the relief materials can't go through and the travelers cannot go anywhere. >> reporter: it is hard for many people to return to the border. hopeful the crossings will open soon. >> translator: there are promises from the turkish government to on the border crossings after the parliamentary elections. >> reporter: besides security there are also concerns about people joining islamic state of iraq and the levant. and i.s.i.l. fighters returning through the turkish border. but bother cro

he concede today that no party can govern turkey alone. that is where we begin tonight's business news. will is with me in the studio. starting with a bit of uncertainty in turkey, and investors don't like that at all. >> they don't. the turkish stock market reacting to this. the lira to an all-time record low against the dollar. over the past decade, his ruling party oversaw an economic boom, but lately figures have been less impressive. now tasked with forming a coalition, he may find it difficult to put in place policies. claire looks at the state of the economy. >> turkey is in the eye of a financial storm whipped up by the country's biggest political party losing its majority. there is now a 60% possibility that turkey will have to return to the polls with just a 40% chance of a coalition government being formed. this uncertainty has accept investors returning for the hills. the turkish lira lost 4% over the day, and the stock market plunged over 5%. the country's central bank has pledged to respond on tuesday. >> the market reacted w

upset in turkey. president erdogan possibly party loses its majority in parliament for the first time in 13 years. as the migrant crisis continues close to 6000 people are rescued at sea over the weekend. also coming up this hour, in business, we will get you the latest on the management shakeup at the head of deutsche bank. and two murderers are still on the run after they break out of a maximum-security prison in new york. that and more on the way but first, today's top stories. genie: first now, to the bavarian outs, where day two of the g-7 summit is underway. you 10 -- ukraine and greece continue talks, and today's, seven of the most powerful industrialized nations focus on terrorism. the league is -- the leaders of iraq, tunisia, talking about the threat of islamist militant groups in their countries and beyond. the second big focus today is on energy and the climate. that is the subject close to the heart of the german chancellor, angela merkel says the talks are crucial in the run-up to the ma

he led turkey into the modern times. >> we have to take care of turkey. we have economic problems with turkey and we have to solve that problem. if we don't solve that problem people will go into the street again. >> minority groups and ethnic turks were also persuaded to throw their support behind the hdp. that's how it bounty over the 10% threshold and gained 80 sites. >> if no government is formed they will get new representation. be making sure that isn't short livid. bernard smith, al jazeera. >> eritrea play have committed crimes against humanity. says the government is responsible for extra-judicial killings torture sexual slavery and forced labor. it also accuses air traiz of shooting toeritrea ofshooting to keep people from leaving. >>> women and children who walked for weeks to get to a united nations protected camp, from bentui state our correspondent catherine soy reports. >> it's been a long journey. they avoided the main roads walked only at night when they felt safe and ate water lillies. they will spend the night beside the road at bentu.

al jazeera turkey. >> four million syrian refugees are struggling to survive in turkey lebanon iraq egypt and is bejordan. >> in the case of syria it's imperative that international help is made available. >> most of the refugees from syria are currently living in just five countries neighboring syria and the international community has not provided resettlement places for those place or release settlement people any amount that need to be resettled according to the u.n. refugee agency, the u.n. isn't funding these neighbors to cope with this burden. the u.n. application was only 23% funded. you have lebanon coping to struggle with these ratification but not dealing with the u.n. mandate. that's what we're calling to change. >> u.n. sponsored talks aimed at ending violence in yemen be houthi delegation has been delayed in djibouti. as hashem ahelbarra reports the pressure is on all sides to agree an end to the conflict. >> reporter: the be united nations secretary-general was hoping to meet all faction he involved in the war. that didn't happen, because the follow eshesers of former presi

since march all entry and exit points from syria to turkey have been shot.f nine crossings they were the only ones under the control of syrian rebels. they are considered vital for supplies for northern syria under the control of opposition fighters and for thousands of displaced syrians and refugees this is their only way out of the conflict. >> translator: our border crossing has been closed by turkish authorities who told us one day before the closer. the relief materials cannot go through. also the passengers cannot travel or go anywhere. >> reporter: and every one is not able to keep coming back and some tried to enter turkey illegally but because of strict border patrols they were either caught or shot at and those leaving syria turkey closed to border without explaining why or how long it will remain closed and this was closed ahead of elections in syria and says there hosts no hoo humanitarian situation and hopeful the crossings will open soon. >> translator: there are promises from the turkish government to open border crossings after the parliament

bernard smith on the turkey turkey-syrian border. >> france will find accommodation for 10,000 asylum seekers as part of the program to help migrants crossing the mediterranean sea. france said it will take 4,000 people by next year and house another 5,500 refugees who have already been granted legal status. >> well, the u.n. refugee agency has rebuked hungary after it announced plans to build a four meter high wall to keep migrants out. the number entering hungary has risen markedly. they say the government is committed to defending hungarian people from immigration. >> it can be clearly seen that the countries of the e.u. are searching for the answer to this challenge and can also be seen that the road to a joint answer seems very time-consuming and long. so hungary cannot allow itself to wait any longer. we naturally hope that there is a joint european solution. >> the head of the catholic church has weighed in on the issue of migrants and asylum seekers, saying they're a collective responsibility. pope francis maiden appeal not to close the door on those seeking a safer life. >> i

turkey -- going into these elections, some negative news had been priced in. turkey was cheap.t is even cheaper this morning. if you look at china, greece, a whole bunch of other things to look at, do you want to enter a market where you don't know what the political landscape is going to look like? the turkish lira is taking a hit. in the context of a stronger dollar potentially going to lift off, what is the central bank going to do? what will be the impact on the economy. it is cheap but it is going to be a difficult position. i guess in the coming weeks, we will see how likely is it that the former united government versus a coalition may make a call. i'm not sure that's the way to look at it. there are other things we can look at and find more interesting positions. francine: what is your take on china? they are still so dependent five dollars to every dollar spent in the u.s.. china is still so dependent to the u.s. consumer. >> i think they are trying to decouple and the authorities are trying to move to a local story. i think what has been interesting is, the amount of

this is the beginning of the salvation of turkey.illing, turkey will get a presidential system. >> inside the polling station, some are hoping for change. >> i am really excited this pole is important for me. i feel for the first time, results will bring us change. >> the justice and development part has won the last three consecutive general elections. now, it's aiming for a super majority in the 550 seat parliament. their party wants to change the constitution to change the parliamentary governoring system and replace it with an executive presidency. to do that, they need to win two-thirds of the seats. if they only win 30 seats they can put it to a referendum. >> but the people's democratic party could be the game changer. if it gets the required 10 percent threshold needed to enter parliament it would ruin ak party plans. the republican people's party see it is likely to remain the main opposition. it's power is not intoourl ruled out. a campaign on boosting the economy rather than protecting the state secularism. in his hometown

in terms of context of turkey's me see boom is no longer there nevertheless turkey's economy is not performing badly. growth is still compared to turkey's european neighbors still is quite good. >> let's get on to the corruption scandals and imprisoning of journalists. how are the turks looking at that? >> those things are not seen as corruption case per se as a corruption case. if it was seen just as a corruption case, it will surely have effect across electoral results. right now majority of turkish see it as a power struggle rather than a corruption case, therefore, it has a very minimal impact on electoral results of this election. >> very interesting to speak to you. we'll certainly do more in a few hours. >> three or four hours. >> ok, thanks very much. >> you're welcome. >> we're going to take you back now to more on the g7 meeting. of course, it was previously the g8 russia excluded again over its its annexation of crimea. we are joined by vladimir, an international affairs analyst in moscow. what do you make of russia again being excluded from this summit? >> well, actually, i think t

the injured were taken to hospitals in turkey. but that's been difficult to do since march when the turkish government closed all entrance and exit points from syria. for thousands displaced in northern syria the only way out of the conflict remains shut. out of the remaining crossings they remain shut, they are considered vital transportation points. >> our border crossing has been closed by the turkish authorities who only told us one day before the closure. the passengers can't travel or go anywhere. >> it is hard to return to the border. syria's group says they are hopeful the crossings will open soon. >> translator: there are promises from the turkish government to open the border crossings after the parliamentary elections. >> besides security there are also concerns about people joining islamic state of iraq and the levant, and i.s.i.l. fighters returning through the turkish border. but closing crossings mean civilians are stranded. opposition held areas of aleppo and idlib. across syria only shells remain of what once were

. >>> says enormous strain is put on the countries who do open their doors to refugees, and turkey can no longer cope. >>> we have 4 million refugees in the region and turkey, and, 1.9 million with enormous growth and just a few days ago we have another serious incident, and, 26,000 people crossed into turkey. what i think is important, is that behind each one of these there is as tragedy a personal tragedy and, yet the suffering inside syria is something we cannot imagine, due to this conflict that never ends. >>> turkey has been very generous, the border is open and there is the possibility to have access to say education and turkey has spent 6 billion. but other parts of closed, and walls that are being denounced and, the financial support and aid is dwind length. >>> and, they are hosting more refugees and they are getting too little help from the rest of the world. >>> and now, from turkey southeast. >>> these are the most basic of conditions for latest refugees to arrive from syria, no running water, no electricity and no relief from the heat, in this small part, trees are the on

turkey has to deal with the kurdistan regional government in northern iraq, now turkey's witnessing the emerge jens of an autonomous kurdish zone on the border with air i can't. there's growing turkish nationalism within turkey itself. putting all of this together, and there's a fear now in turkey that especially the turkish government that this will fuel kurdish -- the demands for autonomy and if not independence among its kurds in turkey itself. we have to keep in mind that 80% of the kurdish population is kurdish. >> does it have the strength, the y.p.g. to launch an offensive for raqqa the de facto capitol for isil? >> i think that it has the military wherewithal as well as the experience to fight islamic state. i suspect that its campaign will become more and more challenging as it expands further given its limited numbers of syria kurdish fighters and also the fact is that as it goes deeper and deeper into syria, there is a more mixed population and a more hostile environment for its military advance. >> good to talk to you many thanks indeed, turkey analyst from london. >> u.s. i

on the turkey syria border. >> now bernard smith joins us now in southeast turkey. understand since that report the ypg has made more progress. what else is going on? >> well, samuel, you can probably see right over my shoulder the customs house on the syrian side. that was in isil control until an hour ago. we've seen ypg fighters on the top of it, so we understand now that they've taken control of that custom's house which means they've got control of the border crossing. beyond that is the town that ypg has told us they've taken control. there are still isil fighters there. they believe some of them are wearing suicide vests possibly and there was an incident not too long ago on the border fence just behind me when it's thought a couple of isil fighters trying to escape the fighting, trying to cross but they were intercepted by the turkish military. so very fast-moving story here at the moment but it seems that the ypg kurdish fighters making significant advances here. >> we hear from some syrian opposition groups claims of ethnic cleansing. any patent that you'r