turkey s economic crisis has been long and it is deep people have been really feeling it in their pockets, here. things like the country s response, particularly the government s response to the devastating earthquake in february, a lot of people unhappy with that they saw it as slow and lacking. that didn t seem to damage the support for president erdogan too much in those southern areas. another concern are refugees, mainly syrian refugees. there are around 3 million of them in his country. and immigration has become a hot topic. both sides have been trying to outdo each other in terms of how many refugees they can remove from this country and how quickly. so what happens next, when the turks wake up at about sam, the polls will open and they will spend the day until 5pm casting their votes. unlike two weeks ago, where there were presidential and parliamentary votes, this one is simple one ballot paper, two candidates. when the polls close at 5pm, counting starts immediately. w
dental by the home office that where the e gates will be open for us will be at the bases locations. heathrow and gatwick are among the two busiest airports in the uk. it is not clear whether the e gates will open here for us or where our other locations where the pressure on the system is greater than here. thank ou, system is greater than here. thank you. david. to turkey now and that big presidential election happening tomorrow, sunday. it s a two way runoff between the current presdient, recep tayyip erdogan he s been in powerfor two decades. and his main rival, the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. in the first round of the election earlier this month, president erdogan won 49.5% of the vote just over 4% more than his rival. both candidates are now chasing support from nationalist voters. our correspondent anna foster in istanbul.
trying to outdo each other in terms of how many refugees they can remove from this country and how quickly. so what you people in istanbul think about all this? i have been talking to them about the issues that will really affect the way that they vote. translation: on the immigration issue, it is important to produce permanent policies. i think it is not feasible to find a solution that says they should stay or go. these policies should not be solely made by turkey. it s also important to make those policies in cooperation with neighbouring countries and home countries of foreigners. this way it is going to be more sustainable. i feel very sorry for the migrants. not only syrians, but afghans are residing in turkey now. but i believe they have been receiving too much tolerance. our own population needs jobsjust as much. i think migrants have been given too much. they have even been granted nationality as well, and i find it very upsetting. one man, president erdogan, delivered more
both candidates are now chasing support from nationalist voters. our middle east correspondent, anna foster, is in istanbul. both of these contenders have really squeezed every last drop out of theircampaigning. they ve been out in public kemal kilicdaroglu in the capital, ankara, recep tayyip erdogan here in istanbul. bringing people around them, really about them, really both trying to win those crucial votes that they need for one of them to push over the 50% mark, because that is the key. it s now come down to a straight run off between these two candidates. the expectation is that we will this time we will find out who turkey s next leader will be. let s look in a little more detail at who the turkish people are choosing between. recep tayyip erdogan, in power here for 20 years, first as prime minister, then as president. he has been accused of becoming an increasingly authoritarian leader, changing the rules to keep himself in power. he brought in this executive presidency. als
idea of who turkey s next president will be. let s go back to our main story these huge delays at airports across these huge delays at airports across the uk today because of a problem with e gates. the home office has just issued a statements and, following a technical failure concerning e gates. i m joined by tony smith who s a former director general of the uk border force. it was a huge issue affecting every single airport in the uk that uses these e gates. how significant, how unusual is that? it is these e-gates. how significant, how unusual is that? unusual is that? it is a very unusual unusual is that? it is a very unusual actually unusual is that? it is a very unusual actually for- unusual is that? it is a very unusual actually for there l unusual is that? it is a very| unusual actually for there to unusual is that? it is a very - unusual actually for there to be a systemic issue like this one, which as you say has affected all e gates are cross all of our entire airpo