another five years in office potentially stretching his time in power to a quarter century. addressing a jubilant crowd, president erdogan promised to build a strong economy and called for unity. meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was the most unfair election in years and that he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. the recep tayyip erdogan juggernaut rolls on. and tonight in the turkish capital, the streets belong to his supporters, who have stuck with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation. translation: we are blessed that our president is leading us again. there is no better feeling than this. let the world hear it. he is the leader who has taught the entire world a lesson. and here he was, serenading supporters, or trying to. from a bus top near his home in istanbul, having beaten off the biggest challenge in years. the only winner, he s
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a quarter of a century. addressing a jubilant cloud, the president promised to build a strong economy and cold for unity. our senior international correspondent, orla gerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. our senior international correspondent, orla gerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. the recep tayyip erdogan juggernaut rolls on. and tonight in the turkish capital, the streets belong to his supporters. who have stuck with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation. translation: we are blessed at our president leading us again. i there is no better feeling than this. let the world hear it. he is a leader has taught the entire a lesson. and here he was, serenading supporters, or trying to. from a bus top near his home in istanbul, having beaten off the biggest challenge in years. the only winner, he said, is turkey, before stocking is turkey, before stoking divisions with an attack on the opposition and the lg btq community. earlier, he handed out cash
meanwhile, his opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu, said it was the most unfair election in years and that he felt saddened by the troubles awaiting turkey. our senior international correspondent, orla gerin, reports from the turkish capital ankara. the recep tayyip erdogan juggernaut rolls on. and tonight in the turkish capital, the streets belong to his supporters, who have stuck with him through thick and thin and hyperinflation. translation: we are blessed that our president is leading us again. there is no better feeling than this. let the world hear it. he is the leader who has taught the entire world a lesson. and here he was, serenading supporters, or trying to. from a bus top near his home in istanbul, having beaten off the biggest challenge in years. the only winner, he said, is turkey before stoking divisions with an attack on the opposition and the lgbtq community. earlier he handed out cash outside a polling station, like a modern day sultan. one who has now ext
if president recep tayyip erdogan should remain in power after 20 years may end in a run off vote. the islamic party of the incumbent president erdogan is being challenged by a secularist candidate, kemal kilicdaroglu. both men have dismissed the other side s claims to be in the lead. counting has continued throughout the day. this is one of the country s most critical elections. the country is dealing with soaring inflation, and is still reeling from two earthquakes in february in which more than 50,000 people died. these are live pictures from the streets of turkey where people are awaiting a result. let s cross live to our middle east corrrespondent anna foster, who joins us from outside the governing ak party s headquarters in the turkish city of adana. voting has been going on for quite a while now, we have had one side claiming they are in the lead and then the other side, so i suppose it shows usjust then the other side, so i suppose it shows us just how tight it is? i