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
it has appeared in the pro government media, when people are sharing this of social media, the pro government media presses for corporate clients and get the video removed, thus significantly impacting the circulation of content thatis impacting the circulation of content that is delivering information to voters that might be undecided. this is a huge discrepancy in terms of access to information and access to media and in terms of fairness. we have seen in the past month that it has been a very, very unfair atmosphere, even though the elections might be taking place in a free setting, the unfairness in the whole process has resulted in significant impact on the results. what does this mean, this law, and the wider situation, for press
this information. this is not only a problem for the turkish society, because as part of this lot there is a clause that is. any person travelling through turkey is to share with the turkish authorities and be stored in ankara for processing. this is a breach of private data of course. and in the meantime, when we remember the cambridge analytica scandal for example, this is growing for yet another huge scandal in the future. even though this might not have been used already, it is just setting the scene for a future catastrophe in terms of democratic processes and in combination with freedom of information. combination with freedom of information. . ., ., ~ information. gurkan ozturan, thank ou so information. gurkan ozturan, thank you so much information. gurkan ozturan, thank you so much for information. gurkan ozturan, thank you so much for the information. gurkan ozturan, thank you so much for the membrane - information. gurkan ozturan, thank you so much for the membrane but
very different setup for the opposition gave kilicdaroglu 32 minutes. mentioned the new law put in in october which effectively criminalised the spreading of this information, as the government would say, but what are the impacts that going forward post this election, for the opposition wanting to challenge these results or question or challenge the government? will these new laws beat you to try to potentially clamp down? fin these new iaws beat you to try to potentially clamp down?- these new laws beat you to try to potentially clamp down? on the day when the disinformation potentially clamp down? on the day when the disinformation law- potentially clamp down? on the day when the disinformation law was - when the disinformation law was voted in the parliament, we were actually in the parliament having a meeting government representative. and ironically, kemal kilicdaroglu became one of the first people to be targeted by the law, even though the governing parties they showed it
freedom in turkey? for the social media companies? people like facebook and twitter, how do they operate and how are they being governed? the operate and how are they being governed? operate and how are they being coverned? ., ., , , governed? the social media companies now have representatives governed? the social media companies now have representatives in governed? the social media companies now have representatives in turkey. i now have representatives in turkey. they had to agree with this law in order to continue operating in the country, in order not to lose their revenues and as a result of the law, they also have to comply with the government s orders and decisions. if it is based on a court order or not, it would not matter, they would have to remove content that the government to seize and fit ought to close as disinformation and they would have to release all kinds of information for all kind of user information for all kind of user information if the government reque