Really connected to life. The prize winning documentary from the forest starts people first on t. W. This is the w. News live from berlin a test for turkeys ruling party votes are being counted in Regional Elections the countrys deep recession could hurt the score of president a heir to ones party well find out whats at stake from our correspondent also coming up. Could ukrainians choose a comedian as their next president well see what followed selenski is leading the
polls in a closely watched race. And in the bundesliga buyers munich were looking to keep dortmund at bay the best way to do that was to get three points of their own in freiburg but would it be that easy. An expose or welcome to the program. Vote counting is underway in turkeys local elections there the first since the Reform Package gave president wretch of tire to one sweeping new powers but polls suggest his ruling a k party is set for major losses with his popularity heard by the countrys economic recession. This is
a major success in turkey s predominately kurdish southeast heading for a very important victory in one province where they ve achieved a massive thirty percent swing this will be a major setback for turkey s kurdish h.t.t.p. which do seem to be experiencing several major losses in the feats. and we also hear that two people were shot dead at a polling station and dozens of other people were injured across turkey can you tell us a bit more. well indeed these elections have been held in an unprecedented polarized and extremely tense atmosphere given the fact the country is in recession and also the ruling a.k.p. party is under threat maybe for the first time in many years. in this provincial city in the southeast of the country there was a dispute over the way votes were being cast deservers from. islamic party was which is an opposition objected they got into an argument with the observers from the ruling
the people vote the government faces accusations of a crackdown the pro kurdish h d p party says many of its politicians have been arrested in recent days joining us now live from istanbul is the dorian jones dorian the polls are closed now can you give us any initial results. well we do seem to be heading for a very exciting night the capital ankara is neck and neck nuffin between the main opposition main opposition c.h.p. and the ruling a k p with half the votes counted in istanbul the ruling a.k.p. only have a two point lead with still over half the votes to be counted so very very close in other major cities across the country the main opposition could be set for some important victories although the much predicted major collapse in support of the doesn t seem to be happening in fact their vote does seem to be holding up well in several key areas also they do seem to be set for
a crackdown the pro kurdish h d p party says many of its politicians have been arrested in recent days and initial election results are expected. joining us now from istanbul is the dorian jones can you help us understand a little better just how are these elections a test for president aired on. well he s made it a referendum on about his rule in fact he said the whole country s future is at stake in one of his last rally theer in istanbul and why it s attached you so much importance to these elections is because the control of the towns and cities across turkey is one of the last areas of power that the president directly doesn t control on top of that the president is aware that his party s vice like grip control of the capital ankara and istanbul is now facing a major challenge from the opposition and the reason why is that the country is feeling incredible economic pain soaring food prices running at over thirty percent