years and we wait to see which will become a reality. years and we wait to see which will become a reality. thank you so much, anna foster become a reality. thank you so much, anna foster in become a reality. thank you so much, anna foster in adana. 0ur senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. people talk excitedly a tense moment in a tight election. here in ankara, voters spotted two people in one polling booth. the police were called in. the ballot box matters in turkey, and the opposition are on the lookout for fraud. this is a pivotal vote which could mean the end of the erdogan era. president erdogan s supporters insist he is going nowhere. this man tells us he will still be president tomorrow because he always wins elections, and he will keep developing turkey.
if president recep tayyip erdogan should remain in power after 20 years may end in a run off vote. the islamic party of the incumbent president erdogan is being challenged by a secularist candidate, kemal kilicdaroglu. both men have dismissed the other side s claims to be in the lead. counting has continued throughout the day. this is one of the country s most critical elections. the country is dealing with soaring inflation, and is still reeling from two earthquakes in february in which more than 50,000 people died. these are live pictures from the streets of turkey where people are awaiting a result. let s cross live to our middle east corrrespondent anna foster, who joins us from outside the governing ak party s headquarters in the turkish city of adana. voting has been going on for quite a while now, we have had one side claiming they are in the lead and then the other side, so i suppose it
there has only been one border crossing for quite some time. tom bateman is in adana in southern turkey for us and sent this report. this is one of the tower blocks that we have revisited several times now that came down in the initial quake and. i mean, you get a sense of how much work is involved in that they have been working day and night in this pile of rubble. still quite a lot to clear. and this building housed, we think, at least 100 people. we are told they think there are still at least 20 bodies under the rubble there and what has happened in a city like adana is that it is not just people that had to be evacuated when the quake initially struck, but afterwards because many buildings around are now unsafe and this has become something of a city of the displaced. and all people find they can do is wait and watch in vigil. we have just been chatting to some of the family and friends here. these people were their neighbours, one man here lived in this building, happened not to
and weeks and months ahead. nick beake in gaziantep. tom bateman is in adana in southern turkey for us and sent this report. this is one of the tower blocks that we have revisited several times now that came down in the initial quake and. i mean, you get a sense of how much work is involved in that they have been working day and night in this pile of rubble. still quite a lot to clear. and this building housed, we think, at least 100 people. we are told they think there are still at least 20 bodies under the rubble there and what has happened in a city like adana is that it is not just people that had to be evacuated when the quake initially struck, but afterwards
because many buildings around are now unsafe and this has become something of a city of the displaced. and all people find they can do is wait and watch in vigil. we have just been chatting to some of the family and friends here. these people were their neighbours, one man here lived in this building, happened not to be here at the time, but these are their family and their friends and they sit and wait day and night for news. we are told that one man who was a good friend of the people here, who was a carpenter, who lived in this building, tragically his body was removed last night. these are the moments of grief that people are experiencing, notjust by the day, but by the hour and by the minute here, and still they wait for more news. and at the same time, many of them don t have homes to live in. there are some camps here in adana, but the facilities still are very basic and it is freezing at night, so this remains a very severe