most important in years. there were joyous scenes on the streets of istanbul and ankara as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters, after winning around 52% of the vote. thousands of people have gathered on the streets, waving flags and singing songs. erdogan gave a victory speech in front of the crowds. he spoke about stability and prosperity, building a stronger economy and leaving disputes behind. 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 i at our president 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
tonight at 10pm. in the last hour, victory is declared for turkey s recep tayyip erdogan in the country s presidential election. the man who has consolidated his grip on power over two decades now has another five years at the top. jubilation among his supporters but the opposition leader ran the tightest race against him in years. you can see the reaction from his supporters. as he speaks about this presidential victory and also, what his vision for turkey would look like, five more years of an erdogan presidency. this is a man who has beenin presidency. this is a man who has been in powerfor more than presidency. this is a man who has been in power for more than 20 years, versus prime minister, then as president. he has never had to experience a run off before, previously, he has won in the first round, he has clear that 50% hurdle. this is a historic night in turkey, the country s longest serving victory leader emerges victorious, winning another term despite the econ
including a look ahead to the nail biting final day of the english premier legaue season. hello and welcome to bbc news, live in istanbul with me, anna foster. with a key strategic position, a growing regional influence and difficult economic times the future of turkey is today being decided in the run off round of the presidential election. around 64 million people are eligible to vote turn out in the first round was closing in on 90% and they have a choice between two veteran candidates. immigration has been top at the topics of discussion for the last few weeks as the two candidates vying for votes. this is one of the polling stations you will see up and down the country. voting always happens in schools. i have been outside this one for a few hours then people have been coming in through the day. they head into these classrooms and each one like a separate ballot box and they give their name, because the vote and get photographs of both candidates. they have to st
of the votes in the run off election over the weekend. it s the first run off ever seen in a turkish presidential election. there were joyous scenes on the streets of istanbul and ankara as mr erdogan celebrated with his supporters after winning around 52% of the vote. thousands gathered on the streets, waving flags and singing songs. erdogan gave a victory speech in front of the crowds gathering at the presidential palace in the capital. he spoke about stability and prosperity, building stronger economy and leaving disputes behind. 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 ent
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