by the troubles awaiting turkey. the bbc s anna foster has been following the story in istanbul. that is a good question, there are two issues can he and does he want to? because he has won here by getting 52% of the vote. he will consider that to be a comfortable margin and a mandate for the style of rule he has been bringing to turkey for more than 20 years, he has created this executive presidency that gives him so much power over policy make and the direction of the country and things like cracking down on democracy and free speech. he will see this as an endorsement. he made a speech last night at the time of the result and talked about being a president for all of the country, whether they voted for him or not. but he also made disparaging remarks about the kurdish population and people from the lgbtqi+ community. and he how much will he feel the need to reach out? you also have 48% of the population who are opposed to his rule and to his style of government who hav
philip schofield made on his instagram earlier today. he said, it s the same handful of people with a grudge against me or the show who seem to have the loudest voice. this morning is the best show to work on, with the best people. in all the years i worked there there was no toxicity. it is a family of wonderful, talented, kind, hard working people. this is how the top of the show started this morning. we all know we happen to be in the news at the moment, and of course we appreciate that, butjust from both of us and the whole team here, the crew, the guys downstairs, we love making this show for all of you. yeah, we really do, and that s exactly what what we re going to do, we re going to continue to do that. so let s go on with our first news story. gyles? we are very happy to be here, can i say that as well? - of course you can. this is a happy place to work. i enjoy coming in here and have done since i began coming here all those years ago. thank you, gyles. this is
this is how the top of the show started this morning. we all know we happen to be in the news at the moment, and of course we appreciate that, butjust from both of us and the whole team here, the crew, the guys downstairs, we love making this show for all of you. yeah, we really do, and that s exactly what what we re going to do, we re going to continue to do that. so let s go on with our first news story. gyles? we are very happy to be here, can i say that as well? - of course you can. this is a happy place to work. i enjoy coming in here and have done since i began coming here all those years ago. thank you, gyles. this is good to be here. you re happy too? i m very happy to be here. we re happy people in a happy place with some interesting stories. - earlier i spoke to alice enders from the media insight organisation enders analysis who gave her thoughts on schofield s statement and also the knock on impact on itv and its revenue. i think here you know, i think we are all agreed t
with some interesting stories. - earlier i spoke to alice enders from the media insight organisation enders analysis. she gave me her thoughts on phillip schofield s statement and also the knock on impact on itv and its revenue. it s very hard, obviously, to sort of parse or celebrate people who have left the show but i think it is very hard for us to judge from the outside whether those criticisms are correct or not. it is interesting that phillip schofield has come out fighting for the show. i think that is quite positive given the fact that as we all know the show is much bigger than any presenter and itv has declared it is sticking with the show, it is going to go on with the show, and that is where we are with the show itself. but as i say knives have come out for not only phillip schofield,