punter president erdogan claiming victory, as yet not officially announced, but to all intents and purposes, that seems to be the case. we have seen the opposition candidate kemal kilicdaroglu also giving a speech and he was strongly worded but he did not explicitly admit defeat. let s speak to arda tunca. he s a columnist and economist at politikyol. we have talked a lot in recent days and weeks about the turkish economy and weeks about the turkish economy and it has been that hot button issue for the politicians and the daily issue for turks. what is the state of the economy? what is it like on a daily basis, living in turkey? it like on a daily basis, living in turke ? , ., ., ., ., ., turkey? it is hard for a lot of eole turkey? it is hard for a lot of peeple in turkey? it is hard for a lot of people in turkey turkey? it is hard for a lot of people in turkey but - turkey? it is hard for a lot of people in turkey but the - turkey? it is hard for a lot of l people in t
determination and insistence that these elections will be free and fair. with no opposition really contesting, she is able to, she will probably be able to claim that these are in fact there elections and these are legitimate results. thank you very much legitimate results. thank you very much for legitimate results. thank you very much for that. irene khan is un special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. thank you for coming on the programme. what is your assessment of these elections? i am appalled at the level of human rights violations, the climate of fear and threats in which the election has been conducted, more than 20,000 political activists have been detained including most of the senior leadership of the opposition party, thejudicial system has been weaponised againstjournalists system has been weaponised against journalists and system has been weaponised againstjournalists and human against journalists and human
governing party in ankara last year, in october, and based on our impressions from this mission visit we concluded caught demands from the new government after may 2023, that we requested releasable imprisoned journalists to stop the systematic harassment of independent media, especially kurdish media, publishing the disinformation law, and a call to the new government to reform the judicial authority s approach to journalists is possibly safety in order to end legal harassment of media. unfortunately this request has not seemed to resonate that much in turkish society at the moment because today we have seen attacks against the opposition and against media and againstjournalists. media and against journalists. sadly, media and againstjournalists. sadly, we anticipate that this is going to be the trend in the coming days. when we look at the rule of law, it is not the position in 170
by allegations of corruption, prosecutions of rival politicians and threats againstjournalists. i m joined now by lucy albiston, a pacific analyst at the australian strategic policy institute. firstly, this election is fought between two men who have previously led coups in the country. tell us more about them and what they are standing for. the more about them and what they are standing for- standing for. the current prime minister has standing for. the current prime minister has been standing for. the current prime minister has been prime - standing for. the current prime i minister has been prime minister standing for. the current prime - minister has been prime minister for minister has been prime ministerfor 16 years, he took over after a coup in 2006, and going up against someone who hosted a coup, two, in the 80s. it s between those candidates. the prime minister is trying to prove that he has done well for the country and that the country should stick with him. his
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