each other in terms of how many refugees they can remove from this country and how quickly. so the polls will open and turks will spend all day until 5pm casting their votes. this, unlike two weeks ago where you had presidential and parliamentary elections, this is simple. one ballot paper, two candidates are when the polls close at five o clock, counting will start immediately. and we expect as people in turkey start to think about going to bed, a lot of counting will have been done and we will start to have a clearer idea of who turkey s next president will be. anna foster reporting from istanbul. marathon talks now from washington, dc. here in washington, and to these live pictures of the capitol building, where a deal has not been reached on raising the federal government s debt ceiling. but the latest, according
today, turkey has some serious economic problems. we will go to the polls and cast our votes, we will replace an authoritarian government through democratic means. so, how have voters right across the country responded to that? what do they think about the issues that the contenders have really been talking about? the economy is certainly one of the biggest things that people have been considering, turkey s economic crisis has been long and is deep, people are really feeling it in their pockets here. things like the country s response, and particularly the government s response, to those devastating earthquakes back in february, a lot of people saw that as slow and lacking. that did not seem to damage president erdogan s support in those southern areas, though. increasingly, issues around refugees, mainly syrian refugees, there are around 3 million in this country, and immigration has become a hot topic. both sides have been trying to outdo
for the official decision. just listeninu for the official decision. just listening to for the official decision. just listening to you for the official decision. just listening to you and - for the official decision. just listening to you and how complicated the picture is in turkey right now, as you point out, both sides claiming they have done better than the other, i wonder what you make ofjust how other, i wonder what you make of just how this other, i wonder what you make ofjust how this instability is going to impact the political and economic landscape? turkey s in the midst of an economic crisis, with soaring inflation, and also a tragedy having come off the back of those massive earthquakes recently. those massive earthquakes recentl . , recently. exactly. the opposition recently. exactly. the opposition response l recently. exactly. the i opposition response has recently. exactly. the - opposition response has been saying that if they will be coming into power, they wi