they ve lifted the ballot boxes from the ground up onto the tables. each one of these 19 different containers has a ballot box. there are now starting to break them open and they are starting to count those votes in what is an absolutely crucial election. it is so tight in presidential election, parliamentary elections as well but presidentially elections as well but presidentially election is the one all ayes are on because it is so close between recep tayyip erdogan in powerfor 20 years and kimil kilicdaroglu the challenger who could end that prime ministerial and election no run. thank you very much. a powerful cyclone has crashed into coastal areas of bangladesh and northern myanmar with windspeeds of over 200 kilometres per hour. aid workers are worried about the risk to around a million rohinga refugees living in camps in the town of cox s bazar in bangladesh. rajini has the latest. the cyclone arrived with force. winds gusting at high speed as it moved towards the myanmar coastl
presidential elections so the count has begun. this is istanbul. and it is a key election notjust for president recep tayyip erdogan but for the country as well. it could well see, depending on how it goes, the country go from a mostly muslim to a more secular course. we will see how that goes. 64 million people were eligible to elect for the five year term. were eligible to elect for the five yearterm. many were eligible to elect for the five year term. many people have described the selection is one of the most serious challenges to present recep tayyip erdogan in terms of the opposition. well, the opposition comes in the form of the coalition and that has been led by kimil kilicdaroglu, one of the serious contenders coming up against
suspect that the main issues can be repeated over and over around the world particularly with the cost of living. i wonder if you could just take a moment to give us a bit of a background to turkey s rather unique relationship with the west because it has got one foot on one side and anotherfoot on the it has got one foot on one side and another foot on the other. it is a very nuanced relationship, isn t it? it is, actually. turkey is one of the members of nato but it also has very good relations with russia. putin and recep tayyip erdogan have a special relationship. they brokered some kind of a deal, the green deal, for instance. russia was suspicious whether they could strike such a relationship with the opposition leader if he actually won the presidency. kimil kilicdaroglu guaranteed russia would be a friendly nation of turkey if he won but, in the last few days, he
hello, i m lukwesa burak. counting has begun in turkey s presidential election, with voters deciding whether to end recep tayyip erdogan s long grip on power. turnout is expected to be huge. the poll is one of the most consequential in the country s modern history, with mr erdogan s islamic party challenged by an opposition set on a more secular course, and promising closer ties to the west. president tayyip erdogan cast his vote in istanbul. and this is his key rival kimil kilicdaroglu. he s the leader of a broad opposition alliance hoping to end mr erdogan s time in power. in the last hour, we heard from president erdogan. he tweeted: the voting process has been completed throughout
probable person who could beat recep tayyip erdogan but that vision is actually changed in the last few weeks especially, that there was a trend of opposition supporters backing kimil kilicdaroglu. whether that will result in actually him securing the presidential presidency in the first round, of course, we have yet to see. the polls have closed and the counting is under way. we are expecting the first results to come in in the next couple of hours but there is a reporting ban and till 9pm here in turkey but that could be pulled back a little earlier. by the end of today, by midnight, we are hoping to get a clear indication of what might have happened throughout the day, whether any candidate has secured, will be able to secure the presidency in the first round. i