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
and if he s not, things may get messier, so wejust. we will wait and see what happens. be don t want mess, we want to be happy with our children and we want to live happily in this country, we love our country. exactly. their country is now at a crossroads. if neither candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, turkish people will be back at the polling stations in two weeks. let s cross live to our middle east corrrespondent, anna foster, whojoins us from outside the governing ak party s headquarters in the turkish city of adana. such a crucial election, turnout expected to be very high so i presume the counting will go on for a few hours yet? it presume the counting will go on for a few hours yet? presume the counting will go on for a few hours yet? it is, we have seen rueues a few hours yet? it is, we have seen queues outside a few hours yet? it is, we have seen queues outside polling a few hours yet? it is, we have seen queues outside polling stations - a few hours yet? it is, w
he s also become increasingly authoritarian with more powers in the hands of the president, and tighter restrictions on free speech. both candidates have dismissed the other side s claims to be in the lead. these are live pictures of opposition supporters in ankara waiting outside the party s headquarters. we can see flags, k l cdaroglu gave a speech recently and said we are here until every last vote is counted. and what was a very short speech he said the the governing ak party was blocking the system by filing objections to the results where the opposition has paid a higher number of votes. let s show you what the