Thats taking the easy answer son. I. Think my father would be angry sometimes i think the intent. Starts joining. Hello and welcome to focus on europe im michel henery good to have you with us turkeys citizens head to the polls to determine the fate of their countrys future for months now many have said that the reelection of president great czech Tayyip Erdogan is a foregone conclusion and no matter who wins the vote brings in major constitutional change one that would transform the next presidency into one with unprecedented
executive powers richard Tayyip Erdogan has ruled turkey since Two Thousand And Three that means an entire generation has grown up with only him in power and with half of the population under thirty the country young people will be the ones who dictate the outcome of the vote despite recent polls suggesting most would likely vote in line with their parents our reporter met with two of them a young woman who passionately longs for change and a young man who is one
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the turkish one, there are lots of young journalists in britain who did join them because they were an employer that paid well, offered a decent gig in a certain format. you were allowed to report freely on any part of the world as long as it wasn t turkey. so you can t necessarily blame journalists forjoining these organisations, but you do end up with a very, very toxic, jittery environment i think. amy, i mean, that takes me back to you and simply to ask, how hard was it to leave when you ve been there for so long, when you ve got an established set of work and life patterns in the place that you live, and colleagues? how difficult was the upheaval? it is extremely difficult. you know, i had been- there for quite a long time, some of my colleagues for even longer. - yeah, i mean, ithink, - you know, just being under the constant threatl of being kicked out. it makes one wonder- if in the future we do get
i think working for any organisation. when you look at organisations like trt world, for example, the turkish one, there are lots of young journalists in britain who did join them because they were an employer that paid well, offered a decent gig in a certain format. you were allowed to report freely on any part of the world as long as it wasn t turkey. so you can t necessarily blame journalists forjoining these organisations, but you do end up with a very, very toxic, jittery environment i think. amy, i mean, that takes me back to you and simply to ask, how hard was it to leave when you ve been there for so long, when you ve got an established set of work and life patterns in the place that you live and colleagues? how difficult was the upheaval? it is extremely difficult. you know, i had been- there for quite a long time, some of my colleagues for even longer. - yeah, i mean, ithink, - you know, just being under the constant threatl of being kicked out. it makes one wonder- if in the
i think what there s kind of almost a disconnect between what s happening on the upper echelons and how it s affecting journalists on the ground. so these are people s lives. these are people who have moved families and who have built careers and have made plans. and the fact that these plans can be upended at any moment is incredibly unsettling for all foreign correspondents. i think working for any organisation. when you look at organisations like trt world, for example, the turkish one, there are lots of young journalists in britain who did join them because they were an employer that paid well, offered a decent gig in a certain format. you were allowed to report freely on any part of the world as long as it wasn t turkey. so you can t necessarily blame journalists for joining these organisations, but you do end up with a very, very toxic, jittery environment i think. amy, i mean, that takes me back to you and simply to ask, how hard was it to leave