hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. this is the opposition party headquarters in turkish biggest city and boats are being counted in the turkish presidential runoff election. the country hasn t seen anything like this before. in previous residential elections president one has one outright. this time it was different. he was run close by and opposition unity challenge with kemal kilicdaroglu presenting the opposition party and drawing together of other opposition parties as a candidate to try and remove the long standing leader for power. the situation we have now is that the ballots have been made, closing polling close at 5pm local time and boats are being counted. now it is the reason all the people here are playing close attention to the tv screens. you might be able to hear the sound of the tv bouncing off the walls in this opposition courses in istanbul. they re looking at the count. what they don t have here in turkey is exit polls. w
is ahead of his challenger, kemal kilicdaroglu. around 64 million turks were eligible to vote turn out in the first round was closing in on 90% and they had a choice between two veteran candidates. the election takes place amid a faltering economy, with inflation in double figures and a cost of living crisis. our correspondent anna foster is in istanbulfor us. this is in istanbul for us. this is in istanbulfor us. is the opposition party headquarters this is the opposition party headquarters in turkeys biggest city and you can see i run this place a high of activity at the moment as votes are being counted in the turkish presidential runoff election. the country hasn t seen anything like this before. previous presidential elections, president erdogan has one outright and one more than 50% of the boat both times. this time it was different and he was run close by an opposition, unity challenger second michael representing his party but joined together various opposition pa
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joined together various opposition parties as a candidate to try and remove the long standing leader from power. the situation we have now is that ballots have been made, willing close at 5pm local time and out of the votes are being counted and now is the moments and reason all of the people are playing close attention to the tv screens. you might be up to the tv screens. you might be up to hear the sound of the tv bouncing off the walls in this opposition headquarters in istanbul because they re looking at the con. what they re looking at the con. what they don t have here in turkey is exit polls. so, when the boys clothes and other countries you might see a projection that the broadcasters put forward telling you who think they will win. here it is different. the two main new agencies are putting out very different pictures of who might be an elite at the moment. the state agency of course president erdogan up operates a lot of control over the state media have him in the lead. the
the tv screens. you might be able to hear the sound of the tv bouncing off the walls in this opposition courses in istanbul. they re looking at the count. what they don t have here in turkey is exit polls. when the polls close in other countries you might see a projection that the broadcasters would forward thinking who they would win. here it is different stuff that you mean news agencies are putting out different pictures as to who might be in the lead at the moment. the state news agency exercises and a lot of control over state media and put president ardoin in the but the alternative news agencies backed by the opposition have a different tone. what we can hear at this point it is really tight. and it s very, very close right now between the two candidates but until we have a final results, it is almost impossible to predict which of the two men might make it over the line and get more than 50% of those votes, have income