And the latest World Surf League event. Lets return to the referendum in turkey. This result means president erdogan could be in power until 2029. Earlier in his career, mr erdogan said, democracy is like a bus. When you come to your stop, you get off. Evidently, his stop is some way down the road. And even before this result, he was a giant of turkish politics. In 2001, he founded thejustice and Development Party of the akp, and Development Party, or the akp, as we often call it. He became Prime Minister in 2003 and then president in 2014. That was a year after nationwide protests at the alleged authoritarianism of his style of government. There was International Condemnation over the governments response to the protests. Then lastjuly, there was the attempted coup, and a widespread crackdown has followed. While all of this has been playing out, turkey has taken in hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees. Its also experienced an increase in terrorist activity, primarily conducted by
And the latest World Surf League event. Lets return to the referendum in turkey. This result means president erdogan could be in power until 2029. Earlier in his career, mr erdogan said, democracy is like a bus. When you come to your stop, you get off. Evidently, his stop is some way down the road. And even before this result, he was a giant of turkish politics. In 2001, he founded thejustice and Development Party of the akp, and Development Party, or the akp, as we often call it. He became Prime Minister in 2003 and then president in 2014. That was a year after nationwide protests at the alleged authoritarianism of his style of government. There was International Condemnation over the governments response to the protests. Then lastjuly, there was the attempted coup, and a widespread crackdown has followed. While all of this has been playing out, turkey has taken in hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees. Its also experienced an increase in terrorist activity, primarily conducted by
The candidates from the two main Political Parties in the first round of the president ial election. Partial results suggest the centrist Emmanuel Macron, whos never held elected office, and Marine Le Pen, leader of the far right front national, will contest the final round of voting next month. Lets join Christian Fraser in paris. Hello. A warm welcome from paris. It isa hello. A warm welcome from paris. It is a beautiful evening here. The cities is looking resplendent. There is the eiffel tower lit up. But the shining lights in the president ial election very much a Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Both have gone through to the second round run off, which will take place a week on sunday. Lets show you how they are looking at the moment. There are still votes being counted. But the forecast, so far, the projection putting a Emmanuel Macron on 23. 8 , and Marine Le Pen on twitter i. 7 . And easy francois fillon, the former minister, i9. 8 , in a third. He conceded earlier. Jean Luc
The candidates from the two main Political Parties in the first round of the president ial election. Partial results suggest the centrist Emmanuel Macron, whos never held elected office, and Marine Le Pen, leader of the far right front national, will contest the final round of voting next month. Lets join Christian Fraser in paris. Hello. A warm welcome from paris. It isa hello. A warm welcome from paris. It is a beautiful evening here. The cities is looking resplendent. There is the eiffel tower lit up. But the shining lights in the president ial election very much a Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Both have gone through to the second round run off, which will take place a week on sunday. Lets show you how they are looking at the moment. There are still votes being counted. But the forecast, so far, the projection putting a Emmanuel Macron on 23. 8 , and Marine Le Pen on twitter i. 7 . And easy francois fillon, the former minister, i9. 8 , in a third. He conceded earlier. Jean Luc
The candidates from the two main Political Parties in the first round of the president ial election. Partial results suggest the centrist Emmanuel Macron, whos never held elected office, and Marine Le Pen, leader of the far right front national, will contest the final round of voting next month. Lets join Christian Fraser in paris. Hello. A warm welcome from paris. It isa hello. A warm welcome from paris. It is a beautiful evening here. The cities is looking resplendent. There is the eiffel tower lit up. But the shining lights in the president ial election very much a Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Both have gone through to the second round run off, which will take place a week on sunday. Lets show you how they are looking at the moment. There are still votes being counted. But the forecast, so far, the projection putting a Emmanuel Macron on 23. 8 , and Marine Le Pen on twitter i. 7 . And easy francois fillon, the former minister, i9. 8 , in a third. He conceded earlier. Jean Luc