hello, thank you forjoining us. the presidential candidates in turkey are gearing up for their last day of campaigning ahead of sunday s crucial election. president recep tayyip erdogan will hold a rally in istanbul, where he built his popular support as mayor more than 20 years ago. in the evening, he is expected to pray at the hagia sophia, which he controversially converted into a mosque to please religious conservatives. his secular challenger, kemal kilicdaroglu, will also be touring istanbul with the current mayor. the 74 year old has been appealing to the young promising to restore democracy and improve relations with the west. let s talk now to our correspondent in istanbul, silin girit. thank you very much for talking to us. the two men at the forefront of this race are very different, aren t they? talk to us about the different personalities and policies. yes. personalities and policies. yes, the are personalities and policies. yes, they are exact personalities
of turkey, to istanbul demanding justice for the imprisoned political prisoners. that is why many people across the world and in turkey by then, the time, called him the gandhi of turkey. and he actually liked that he was called gandhi as well. they are totally different, very exact opposites, but apparently the polls show that the turkish electorate wants a change because the polls show that for the very first time, per resident s rule could actually come to an end. president erdogan s rule. the polls actually show that. kemal kilicdaroglu, the poll suggest, could be leading by 56% and if the trend continues tomorrow, he could actually secure the presidency in the first round, of course we have